A Sampling of Clips for 
November 18, 2005

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Hawaii Scientists to Study Palmyra Atoll
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 18-Dozens of scientists from Hawaii and the mainland, including scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, are launching a cooperative research project at Palmyra Atoll to study the remote area's pristine coral ecosystem. More

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Iraq Critics Meet Familiar Reply
Washington Post, Nov. 18-Beset by criticism of its handling of intelligence before the Iraq war, the Bush White House is fighting back with familiar weapons. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a UCSD political scientist.) More

Stem Cell Teamwork Stops After Split
The Scientist, Nov. 18-American scientists said they are hesitant to collaborate with Korea on stem cell work after a U.S. stem cell scientist ended his 20-month collaboration with Woo-Suk Hwang of Seoul National University in South Korea, whose lab has derived human embryonic stem cell lines through somatic cell nuclear transfer. (Quote by Larry Goldstein, a professor of cellular and molecular medicine at UCSD.) More

Less of an Axis to Grind
Newsday, Nov. 18-The last time President George W. Bush visited here in 2002, his "axis of evil" declaration was still ringing in the air and the White House seemed to view the world very differently indeed. (Quote by Stephan Haggard, a Korea expert at UCSD.) More

Scripps Opens Up
World of Microbiological Wonders
San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 16-If two forms of marine cyanobacteria didn't do what they do day in and day out, we might all at this very moment be experiencing extreme shortness of breath. (Article written by Robert Monroe, a senior science writer for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Explorations magazine.) More

County's Income Caps on
Free Health Care Unfair, Judge Says
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 18- San Diego County must stop using income limits that disqualify thousands of poor people from receiving free medical care for life-threatening conditions, a judge said in a tentative decision he is likely to affirm today. (Quote by Dr. Ellen Beck, director of the UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic Project.) More