A Sampling of Clips for 
March 04, 2005

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'Hobbit' Brain Supports Species Theory
New York Times, March 4-Scientists working with powerful imaging computers say the spectacular "Hobbit'' fossil recently discovered in Indonesia had distinctive brain features that could justify its classification as a separate -- and tiny -- human ancestor. (Quote by Katerina Semendeferi of the University of California-San Diego.) More

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Scotsman, Scotland, March 4
Kansas City Star, March 4
Florida Ledger, March 4
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 3
North County Times, March 4

Cooking Linked to Possible Climate Changes
Los Angeles Times, March 4- The major source of potentially climate-changing soot in the air over south Asia is home cooking fires, according to a team of Indian and American researchers, including UCSD. More

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UCSD Makes History with Woman Chancellor
NBC San Diego, March 3-History was made on Thursday when the University of California, San Diego, inaugurated its first woman chancellor. Marye Anne Fox, a nationally known chemist and academic leader, is the seventh chancellor at UCSD. (Quote by UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox.) More

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Scientists Offer New Evidence of Global
Warming, Plus a Map of Genetic Variation
Chronicle of Higher Education, March 4-A team of climate researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography declared in February that it had the best evidence to date that human beings are warming the globe by polluting the skies with greenhouse gases. (Quote by Tim P. Barnett, a professor of oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Yeast Network Prevents Damage by Oxygen Radicals
Innovations Report, March 4- Reactive oxygen species, or 'oxygen radicals', have been identified as major contributors to signs of premature aging, increased cancer prevalence linked to inflammation-associated syndromes and a variety of human diseases. Now scientists at UCSD's Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have identified a key network of DNA repair and cell cycle control genes in yeast that prevents the deleterious effects of ROS. More

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UCSD Student Airs Porn On Closed-Circuit TV
Channel 10 News, March 4-Is pornographic programming appropriate for a campus television station? That's the question some at University of California, San Diego, are wrestling with after a student aired a pornographic video on campus television. More

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Deep-Sea Find Churns up Hints of Earliest Life
San Diego Union-Tribune, March 4-Deep in the oceans, a type of "extremophile" thrives where water pressure is so great it can crush your bones. (Quote by Doug Bartlett, a scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More