A Sampling of Clips for
August 30, 2006
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U.S. Troops
Charged in Iraqi Killing Face Hearings
CNN, Aug. 30 -- Hashim Ibrahim Awad was shot to death in a hole by a dusty road west of Baghdad. Pretrial hearings for the eight soldiers charged with Awad's murder are set to start Wednesday, four months after his death. It will be the first time the facts have been explored in public. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Nailing Down What Makes Sour Sour
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug. 28 -- Scientists trying to unravel the mysteries of taste - and the bigger question of a healthy diet that's tasty - have discovered a piece of the puzzle: how we sense sour. Researchers at UCSD identified a specific type of cell on taste buds that produces a receptor protein that enables us to recognize sour. More
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MedIndia
Beijing Wary as Religion Flourishes in China
NPR, Aug. 24 -- According to government estimates, there are more than 200 million religious believers in China. Officially recognized religions are permitted to worship in state-approved facilities, and there also has been an explosion of underground religious groups -- people who gather in so-called house churches, tolerated in some provinces and suppressed in others. Richard Madsen, chair of UCSD’s sociology department and author of "China's Catholics: Tragedy and Hope in an Emerging Civil Society," talks about the dramatic revival of religion in the country. More
Nuns Prove God Is Not Figment of the Mind
The Daily Telegraph, UK, Aug. 30 -- The idea that there a "God spot" in the brain, a circuit of nerves which could explain mankind's almost universal belief in a deity, is questioned today by a study of Carmelite nuns. Speculation about the God spot was triggered when a team at UCSD saw that people with temporal-lobe epilepsy were prone to religious hallucinations. More
Power Officials Worry About Next Heat Wave
Contra Costa Times, Aug. 29 -- Although California's electricity system "responded surprisingly well" during record-breaking weather, which boosted electricity use to a record of 50,270 megawatts, it can't count on the same cushions in a future energy crunch, said Scott Matthews of the state Energy Commission. (Quotes Daniel Cayan, a meteorologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More
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The San Jose Mercury News
We Are Wrong-thinking on the Issue of our Age
The Herald, UK, Opinion, Aug. 30 – Al Gore has been repeating himself on the threat of climate change for 30 years and many of his critics say he has bored for the world. But it's beyond a joke now. This deeply serious politician, one of the most intelligent and persuasive I have met, has dedicated the remainder of his political career to repeating that man-made climate change poses the most serious challenge to mankind since the previous Ice Age 10,000 years ago. (Mentions research by UCSD) More
County Continues Trend of Stagnant Middle Class
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 30 -- San Diego's “hourglass” economy – a lot of low-paying jobs, an increasing percentage of high-paying jobs and a stagnating middle class – has become more pronounced in recent years. (Quotes Julian Betts, a professor of economics at UCSD) More
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North County Times
Pour on New Parking Structure
at UCSD Graduate Housing Completed
San Diego Daily Transcript, Aug. 29 -- San Diego-based Hope Engineering announced Tuesday that the pour on a new parking structure at UCSD graduate student housing has been completed. The parking structure is part of the overall project, which includes four, four-story apartment buildings, as well as retail, meeting and administrative space.The project is expected to be complete in April 2007. More
