A Sampling of Clips for
August 23, 2006
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This Ocean's Too Noisy
ABC News, Ag. 23 -- The ocean, once known as the silent deep, has become a much noisier place. Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD say the noise level in what should be a fairly quiet zone more than 180 miles offshore has risen significantly over the last few decades, apparently because ships are bigger, faster and more powerful than they were before. More
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Poll: GOP Up After Terror Arrests
USA Today, Aug. 22 -- The arrest of terror suspects in London has helped buoy President Bush to his highest approval rating in six months and dampen Democratic congressional prospects to their lowest in a year. "The arrests reminded people that terrorists were out there, and this is his strong suit," says political scientist Gary Jacobson of UCSD. More
Emergency Training Now More High-tech
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 23 -- In two separate exercises in the county yesterday, emergency crews faced grim and very different crises. At UCSD, police, firefighters, paramedics, SWAT teams and others were called to a simulated terrorist attack at an academic building. There were numerous injuries, a chemical spill and a struggle to retake the building. More
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Seeking Better Ways to Test Quake Safety
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 23 -- In the absence of a real quake to test their strength, it has been impossible to say for certain how the structures would hold up. Some older regulations thought to protect structures against earthquakes have been proved by real temblors to be inadequate. Scientists are trying to change that by building elaborate models of freeways and office towers and testing how they would respond to extreme shaking. (Mentions research at UCSD) More
An Argument for Mind
Journal of the American Medical Association, Aug. 23 -- One feels a bit like a student in the second part of James' psychology course while reading Jerome Kagan's "An Argument for Mind." In this professional memoir, Kagan, also a professor of psychology at Harvard University, describes his varied and rich encounters with the discipline of psychology over the second half of the 20th century. (Mentions UCSD’s Vilayanur Ramachandran) More
Board Stiff
Voice of San Diego, Aug. 21 – Supervisor Bill Horn is a part of a dauntless Board of Supervisors that has proven to be a virtually invincible force for more than a decade. And his recent election tale demonstrates just how tough it is to break the incumbent grip that the he and his fellow Republican supervisors have held on county government. Only one of the five supervisors has been forced past the primary since they took control more than a decade ago. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More
Real Estate Psych Spike
Voice of San Diego, Aug. 23 – Psychology is what many real estate analysts consider the "x-factor" -- the part of the market that can't be logically graphed and analyzed. It's hard to predict what people will do -- buyers and sellers alike -- especially in a market that finds itself in unparalleled uncertainty. (Quotes James Hamilton, economics professor at UCSD) More
Snail-Toxin Research Could Bring New Hope to Patients
Deseret Morning News, Aug. 22 -- Parkinson's disease, nicotine addiction, Alzheimer's, depression, schizophrenia — some day, some or all may be treatable by medicines developed as a result of snail-toxin research that includes UCSD scientists. More
