A Sampling of Clips for 
May 06, 2004

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Sharks and Tuna Share Need for Speed
ABC News (Australia), May 6—Great white sharks and tuna have a similar build for speed despite evolving separately for millions of years, say scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. (Quote by Jeanine Donley, a scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1102428.htm

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Reuters, May 5
http://www.alertnet.org/printable.htm?URL=/thenews/newsdesk/L05545968.htm

MSNBC News, May 5
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4910126/

United Press International, May 5
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Washington Times, May 5
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040505-075831-2396r.htm

San Diego Union-Tribune, May 6
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040506-9999-7m6shark.html

Virtual Skin Looking Even Better
BBC News, May 5—The secret in making virtual skin seem real is all to do with light. The software for making virtual skin was first used on Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and is now a staple of blockbusters packed with visual effects. The man behind the technique, Henrik Jensen of the University of California, San Diego, was recently rewarded for his contribution of virtual skin technology to Hollywood.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3683853.stm

UCSD Receives Bomb Blast Simulator Contract
KFMB News, May 5—The University of California, San Diego has received a $4.4 million federal contract for a bomb blast simulator under construction at a site eight miles east of campus. The blast simulator, under construction at Camp Elliott, will be the world's first facility capable of studying bomb blast structural damage without creating actual explosions.
http://www.kfmb.com/topstory25011.html

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North County Times, May 6
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/05/06/special_reports/science_
technology/20_07_035_5_04.txt

City News Service, May 6
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Quest to Unlock Universe’s Missing Link
Christian Science Monitor, May 6—So far, gravity has thwarted physicists' hopes to show that nature's four basic forces are manifestations of one force that dominated the early universe. The puzzles have grown sufficiently troubling - and the technology to measure gravity's effects has become so sensitive - that researchers are now spending hundreds of millions of dollars on experiments to probe this weakest of nature's basic forces. (Quote by Thomas Murphy, a physicist at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0506/p14s01-stss.html

2 Decades Later
New York Times, May 6—A dissertation written by Mary Ann Buckles 20 years ago while a graduate student at UC San Diego, is now considered the first academic study of the aesthetics of video games. An article appearing in Circuits on Feb. 26, credits Buckles as a pioneer in the video game field.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/06/technology/circuits/06vide.html

A Prize and Surprise
San Diego Union-Tribune, Diane Bell, May 6—Jane Goodall was given the Nierenberg Prize at Scripps Institution of Oceanography on Friday. The revered primate researcher received a warm San Diego welcome, in addition to our unseasonably hot weather.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/bell/20040506-9999-7m6bell-new.html

Accelerating the Full-Body Salon Concept
Los Angeles Times, May 6—Extreme makeovers will soon be available at one-stop beauty shops offering everything from pedicures to tummy tucks, highlights to Botox injections. Richard Rakowski, the venture capitalist behind the Advanced Aesthetics Institute, says his salon will be the model for the next revolution in beauty. AAI has a medical board of directors to oversee clinical activities, including Mark Rubin M.D., associate professor of dermatology at UC San Diego.
http://www.latimes.com/la-wk-moore6may06,1,5064265.story

Despite Implausible Plot, Scientists Warm Up to Climate Flick
Associated Press, May 5—After decades spent tackling volcanoes, aliens, earthquakes, asteroids and every other disaster imaginable, Hollywood has turned its attention to one of the hottest scientific and political issues of the day: climate change. (Quote by Tim Barnett, a marine physicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
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Rates, Worry On the Rise
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 6—As interest rates increase, everyone from credit-card users to bond investors will be affected. Homeowners enjoying low fixed rates will remain secure, but future buyers and those with adjustable-rate mortgages may not be so fortunate. (Quote by Ross Starr, an economist at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040506-9999-1n6rates.html

SEC Questions Accounting Method at Realty Income
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 6—Realty Income Corp. may have to change the way it books some property sales after the Securities and Exchange Commission raised questions about the Escondido company's accounting method. (Quote by Michael Willoughby, an economics professor at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040506/news_1b6realty.html