A Sampling of Clips for
June 28th, 2007
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It's Time You Took a Nap!
NPR Talk of the Nation, June 25 -- For most of us, regular naps are a distant memory of childhood. But taking a regular nap can be a "life-saving habit," according to Sara Mednick, a research scientist at the UCSD School of Medicine More
Multitudes Expected to View Biblical History
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 28 -- If the San Diego Natural History Museum is right, nearly a half-million visitors will come to Balboa Park over the next six months to see samples of the Dead Sea Scrolls – including, during the second half of the run, a copy of the Ten Commandments. (Quotes David Noel Freedman, professor of Hebrew Biblical Studies at UCSD) More
Learning a Second Language
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, June 28 --From media discussions, one would think that Latino communities are Spanish-only language ghettos where no one is willing to learn English. However, the facts are otherwise. More than 70 percent of Spanish-speakers in the United States are also fluent in English, and a very large number of U.S. Latinos can only speak English. (Co-authored by John Moore, professor and chair of the UCSD Department of Linguistics, and Ana Celia Zentella, a professor in the UCSD Department of Ethnic Studies) More
Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 28 -- Production of ethanol from sugar cane in Brazil is roughly seven times more efficient – in terms of the ratio of energy output to fossil fuel input – than production of ethanol from corn in the U.S. However, more than this one statistic is needed to compare these two technologies. (Q&A response by Sherry Seethaler of UCSD science communications) More