A Sampling of Clips for
July 24, 2002
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Metalworks
an unprecedented Bronze Age find
San Diego Union Tribune, July 24 A team of
UCSD archaeologists uncovered an ancient copper factory
at Khirbet Hamra Ifdan, in the Jordanian desert. UCSD researchers
have detailed the extraordinary find in the journal Antiquity.
(Quotes UCSD archaeologists and the projects senior
investigators Thomas Levy and Russell Adams, and
UCSD anthropologist Robert McCormick Adams Jr.).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/currents/news_1c24copper.html
Second
thoughts
San Diego Union Tribune, July 24 Physicists
will gather at the University of San Diego to reconsider the second
law of thermodynamics presumed inviolability. Some will
argue that there may be exceptions to the law, or at least the
possibility of exceptions. (Quotes UCSD philosophy professor
Craig Callender).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/currents/news_1c24quantum.html
Unanswered
questions about estrogen replacement therapy
San Diego Union Tribune, Opinion, July 24
Opinion article about the early discontinuation of a major study
of estrogen replacement therapy authored by UCSD clinical
professor of medicine Carla G. Fox and assistant clinical
professor of reproductive medicine Josephine L. Von Herzen.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/wed/opinion/news_mz1e24fox.html