A Sampling of Clips for 
May 11, 2005

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Experts are at a Loss on Investing
Los Angeles Times, May 11-Nobel winners and top academics fumble the sorts of decisions Bush's Social Security overhaul plan would ask average Americans to make. (Quote by Clive W.J. Granger, an emeritus professor at UCSD and a 2003 Nobel Prize winner.) More

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Do Boiling Lobsters Feel Pain?
ABC News, May 10-Drop a lobster in boiling water and the lobster will thrash around wildly. Pierce an earthworm with a fishhook and the worm will twist and writhe in excruciating pain. Or will it? Do these animals really feel pain? Or are their movements just muscles automatically contracting due to an outside stimulus? (Quote by Tony Yaksh, a professor of anesthesiology at UCSD.) More

Early HIV Treatment Extending Kids' Lives
Forbes, May 10-New research provides more evidence that advanced treatments greatly improve the lives of children infected with the virus that causes AIDS, especially when the drugs are given shortly after birth. (Quote by Stephen A. Spector, director of the Mother-Child-Adolescent HIV Program at UCSD.) More

San Diego Scientists Play Part in Significant Studies
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 11-Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Scripps Research Institute contributed to two important studies published last week, including one that identified a potential cause for female infertility and another that examined how zooplankton swim in the ocean to gather in large groups. More

Institute No Huge Loss for San Diego
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, May 9-The suspense and intense competition over where California's new stem cell research institute will be located has finally come to an end. While congratulations to San Francisco are in order for the 50 jobs the city will gain when the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine opens, San Diego shouldn't do too much hand wringing. Rest assured, the location of the facility will have little bearing on where stem cell research will actually be conducted - and where the economic benefit of that activity will wind up. (Mentions research by UCSD.) More

Part Two: College Admissions
and the SAT: A Personal Perspective
Voice of San Diego, May 11-Last March, the College Board unveiled the newly revised SAT, which now features an essay and other additions suggested by Richard Atkinson, former president of the University of California, who played an integral role in the reshaping of the national standardized test. More

Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 11-Q & A column by Sherry Seethaler, a UCSD science writer and educator who answers science questions submitted by San Diego Union-Tribune readers. More

Trustees OK Funds for Office at SDSU
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 11-School board trustees voted Monday to spend $105,000 on an office at San Diego State University to help South County high school graduates. (Mentions UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox.) More