A Sampling of Clips for
November 14th, 2007
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Did our Ancestors Prefer Meat, or Potatoes?
MSNBC, Nov. 13 -- Chimpanzees prefer to dig for tubers and roots even when aboveground snacks are plentiful, a finding that bears on questions about humans' preferences for meat versus potatoes. The finding, detailed in a study co-authored by UCSD’s Jim Moore in the Nov. 12 issue of the journal for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help resolve evolutionary diet questions as well as debates about what role plant-gathering abilities played in the success of early hominids. More
Surfer Dude Stuns Physicists with Theory of Everything
The Daily Telegraph, U.K., Nov. 14 -- An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen by some as the Holy Grail of physics, which as received rave reviews from scientists. Garrett Lisi, 39, has a doctorate from UCSD but no university affiliation. More
Up Next: Cameras that Know Who You Photographed
CNET News, Nov. 14.--Get ready for a new era in which your camera knows not just when you took a picture but who's in it, too. (Describes work by Marian Stewart Bartlett at the Machine Perception Lab at UCSD) More
Reducing Errors, Saving Lives
WFTV, Fla., Nov. 13 -- Some hospitals are turning to computerized systems to make some sense of the scribbles. The University of California San Diego Medical Center is one of them. Joshua Lee, medical director of information services for the UCSD Medical Center, says they have had the Siemens INVISION system in place since September of 2004 and have seen positive results. More
Hunter Runs to Shake Up Governing Elite
Miami Herald, Nov. 13 -- The relationship between Rep. Duncan Hunter and his son helps explain the elder Hunter's quest for the White House. Duncan L. Hunter, an Army Ranger in Vietnam and the son of a Marine who served in World War II, is running for president as a frustrated patriot who's fed up with Pentagon bureaucracy as "freedom is hanging in the balance" in Iraq. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More
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San Diego Wildfires Rattle Faraway Hamlet in Mexico
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 14 -- Though it is 2,000 miles away, a small community in Mexico is reeling from last month's firestorms in San Diego County, a disaster that has left one of the town's young people dead and three missing. On Sunday, 20-year-old Alejandro Martínez Flores died from his injuries at the UCSD Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized since being rescued by firefighters on Oct. 21, the day the Harris fire began. More
5,000-gallon Sewage Spill Is Reported at Hospital
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 14 -- An estimated 5,000-gallon sewage spill was reported yesterday at the UCSD Medical Center on Dickinson Street in Hillcrest, the county Department of Environmental Health said. More
UCSD's Rady School Receives $5 Million Grant from Wachovia
San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 14 – UCSD’s Rady School of Management received charitable gift of $5 million from The Wachovia Foundation. More