A Sampling of Clips for
November 29th, 2007
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Autistic Children Have More Gray Matter in Brains
U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 28 -- Children diagnosed with autism have more gray matter in their brains than healthy children, report researchers who used a novel imaging technique to analyze brain structure. (Quotes Dr. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, professor of psychology and director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at UCSD) More
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Immigration at Record Level, Analysis Finds
The New York Times, Nov. 29 -- Immigration over the past seven years was the highest for any seven-year period in American history, bringing 10.3 million new immigrants, more than half of them without legal status, according to an analysis of census data released today by the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, a political science professor at UCSD) More
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Confession is Just a Keypad Away
USA Today, Nov. 29 -- Confession used to be good for the soul. On the Internet, it may be good for business, as well, judging from the proliferation of websites where reading about the errant ways of others provides both online therapy and a bit of voyeuristic entertainment. (Quotes Joel Robbins, chairman of the anthropology department at UCSD) More
Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead for Venter
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 29 -- The 61-year-old biologist Craig Venter, who attended UCSD and maintains business operations here, is best known as one of the primary drivers of the Human Genome Project. More recently, it has been his splashy three-year research expedition (shades of Darwin) aboard his yacht Sorcerer II, sampling and recording the microbial diversity of the world's seas. More
Cold, Abrupt End to a Honeymoon
North County Times, Nov. 28 -- Three times since marrying June 11 in a beachside ceremony at La Jolla Cove, UCSD alumni Trevor Takayama and Torrey Trust have dodged disaster. Most recently, the day after Thanksgiving, rescuers plucked them from a lifeboat after the ecotourist cruise ship they shared with 152 others rammed an iceberg and slowly sank into the sea off Antarctica. More
New Birch Aquarium Whale Exhibit
KUSI, Nov. 25 -- A new traveling exhibit on whale sounds (Voices in the Sea) has arrived at the Birch Aquarium, just in time for whale watching season which officially runs in San Diego from Dec. 26 through March 31. More