A Sampling of Clips for 
September 09, 2005

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Are Human Brains Still Evolving?
Brain Genes Show Signs of Selection
Science Magazine, Sept. 9-Two recent scientific reports conclude that two genes thought to regulate human brain growth have continued to evolve under natural selection until recently--and perhaps are doing so today. (Refers to research by Ajit Varki, a researcher at UCSD.) More

Similar article appeared in:
The Economist, Sept. 8

UCSD Releases Anti-Inflammatory Research Findings
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept. 8-Several nuclear receptor proteins appear to overlap in their ability to exert anti-inflammatory effects, according to new research by scientists at UCSD. More

Same article appeared in:
Innovations Report, Sept. 9

Election's Question: What is Reform?
CNN, Sept. 9-Japanese voters longing for change but leery of the dangers it might entail are being offered a low-risk option in Sunday's election: vote for the conservative party that has ruled the nation for most of the past 50 years. (Quote by Ellis Krauss, a political science professor at UCSD.) More

Partisan Bickering Over
Katrina Escalates - to Peril of Both Sides
Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 9-Unlike 9/11, when Americans came together, the hurricane's aftermath has intensified the polarization of the Bush years. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a professor at UCSD.) More

Book for Children is Adventure in Science
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 9-For about four months, Douglas Richards found himself immersed in a world of alien activity, spider silk and deadly swarms of insects as he composed the children's book "The Prometheus Project: Trapped." (Quote by Dr. Gary S. Firestein, division chief of rheumatology, allergy and immunology at the UCSD School of Medicine.) More