A Sampling of Clips for
June 26th, 2007
* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office
Science of the Soul? ‘I Think, Therefore I Am’ Is Losing Force
The New York Times, June 26 – As evolutionary biologists and cognitive neuroscientists peer ever deeper into the brain, they are discovering more and more genes, brain structures and other physical correlates to feelings like empathy, disgust and joy. That is, they are discovering physical bases for the feelings from which moral sense emerges - not just in people but in other animals as well. (Quotes V. S. Ramachandran, a brain scientist at UCSD) More
Fast-Reproducing Microbes Provide a Window on Natural Selection
The New York Times,June 26 – In the corner of a laboratory at Michigan State University, one of the longest-running experiments in evolution is quietly unfolding. A dozen flasks of sugary broth swirl on a gently rocking table. Each is home to hundreds of millions of Escherichia coli, the common gut microbe. (Quotes UCSD Bioengineering Professor Bernhard Palsson More
Man Dies After Hit-and-Run
Orange County Register, June 26 -- A 28-year-old man was killed over the weekend after he was hit by a van at a Del Taco parking lot, authorities said. Liberty Jaswal, a fourth-year philosophy doctoral student at UCSD, was pronounced dead at UCI Medical Center in Orange at 4:18 a.m. More
Superfoods
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 26 -- Although few nutritionists would ever guarantee that super foods will make you super healthy, most agree that edible superstars will give your body many of the nutrients it requires to operate at peak performance. (Quotes Cheryl Rock, professor of nutrition at the UCSD School of Medicine) More