A Sampling of Clips for 
June 16, 2004

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Our Cheating Hearts
Psychology Today, June 2004- What makes you jealous? That depends on whether you're a man or woman...or so researchers have long thought. Christine R. Harris, Ph.D., a psychology professor at the University of California, San Diego, has challenged the theories in three related studies, all published recently in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/htdocs/prod/PTOArticle/PTO-20001101-000014.ASP

Sea Change Since Era of Steinbeck
Los Angeles Times, June 16-The Sea of Cortes, officially known as the Gulf of California, has experienced a stunning decline of sea life in the last few decades, as have many other places. It's rare to come across the once-plentiful goliath groupers that reached 500 pounds, the giant manta rays known to leap out of the water, the frenzied schools of yellowtail jacks chasing sardines to the shore, the circling columns of hammerhead sharks that once delighted fishermen and inspired the late oceanographer Jacques Cousteau in 1986 to proclaim the Sea of Cortes the "aquarium of the world."(Quote by Jeremy Jackson, a professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/cortez/la-me-steinbeck16jun16,1,4774103.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Time Bubbles
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 16-On the western edge of Greenland, where the Jakobshavn ice fjord flows toward the sea, the story of Earth's climate is laid out like chapters in a book. In July, a group of San Diego scientists, including Jeff Severinghaus, a climate scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, will travel to a tiny camp there, and for six weeks they'll dig just beneath the surface, where tiny bubbles of air trapped for thousands of years record an atmosphere long gone.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040616-9999-1c16green.html

Pain Killers Don't Kill Headaches, Doctors Say
NBC Channel 7/39, June 15-Getting rid of a recurring headache may have less to do with the headache than the treatment. Recurring headaches, or "rebound" headaches, can be caused by too many pain pills, doctors say. The more painkillers people use, the more likely headaches will be to reoccur. (Quote by Gordon McQuire M.D., a UCSD pharmacist.)
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/health/3423148/detail.html

No Such Thing as Natural Farming
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 16-Right now, the food available in our stores is cheaper, more plentiful and more nutritious than ever before in our history. Yet we worry about the way food is produced on farms and about the genetic makeup of the plants used by our farmers. "Are they using natural plants and farming the natural way?" we ask ourselves. Perhaps it is time to kill off a few myths about farming. (Article written by Maarten J. Chrispeels, a professor of biology and director of the San Diego Center for Molecular Agriculture at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040616/news_lz1e16chrispe.html

5.2 Quake Causes Little Damage
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 16-The largest earthquake felt in San Diego in nearly two decades struck off the coast of Baja California yesterday. There were no reports of injuries or significant damage. (Quote by Frank Vernon, a geophysicist at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20040616-9999-2m16quake.html

Phone's Patient, Soothing Hum May Go the Way of Morse Code
Hartford Courant, June 15-Pick up the phone in your home, listen for a few seconds, and think about what a dial tone means to you. It's an easy thing to take for granted. But this deceptively simple sound may figure far more into our lives than we realize. Specifically, the dial tone is designed to let a caller know that the line is working and ready for a call. But indeed, one could argue that the comforting drone has taken on the role once filled by the town crier, assuring villagers that all is well. (Quote by Diana Deutsch, a psychologist at the University of California, San Diego.)
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Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 16-Q&A column by Sherry Seethaler who has a doctorate in science education and is a UCSD science writer and educator.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040616-9999-1c16sciqa.html