A Sampling of Clips for 
October 14, 2005

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Source of California Beach Sand Found
CNN, Oct. 14-UCSD scientists have cracked one of the enduring geological mysteries of Southern California's famed beaches: where the sand comes from. More

When Senses Collide
Hindu Business Line, Oct. 13-At the Center for Brain and Cognition at UCSD, V.S. Ramachandran and his student Ed Hubbard are conducting research into the phenomenon of synaesthesia, especially sequence forms and colour-grapheme synaesthesia. More

Cry for Kelp:
Vanishing Acres Worry Researchers
Seattle Times, Oct. 13-Over the past half-century, nearly 75 percent of Southern California's once-flourishing kelp beds has vanished. (Quote by Paul Dayton, a marine ecology professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Time to Wake up to
the Effects of a Restless Night
Sydney Morning Herald, Oct. 15-With a good night's rest increasingly losing out to the internet, email, late-night television and other distractions, a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that too little or erratic sleep may be taking an unappreciated toll on health. (Quote by Daniel Kripke of UCSD.) More

Gen-Probe Pledges $108K to Preuss School
San Diego Daily Transcript, Oct. 13-Gen-Probe has pledged to give the Preuss School, an innovative public school for low income students located on the UCSD campus, $108K over the next three years to partner in the school's Academic Excellence program, primarily in support of the Science Department. More

Mortgage Rate Average Tops 6%
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 14-Mortgage interest rates are inching up, which may lead to a further cooling in the San Diego real estate market. However, local market watchers don't expect the effect to be dramatic. (Quote by Ross Starr, a UCSD economist.) More

Tourette Syndrome Gene Defect Identified
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 14-Scientists from Yale University have identified a gene defect unique to a small percentage of people with Tourette syndrome, the complex brain disorder that triggers involuntary movement and speech. (Quote by Dr. Neal Swerdlow, a Tourette syndrome researcher at UCSD who did not participate in the study.) More

David Lynch:
"Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain"
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 4-Three-time Oscar-nominated director David Lynch will appear at UCSD's Price Center on Friday, Nov. 4 to discuss "Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain." More