HANGZHOU , CHINA
Developmental psychologist Gail Heyman ’ s cross-cultural approach brought her to China , where she observed children learning how to lie . Most kids learn how to deceive around age three and half , but she and her team wondered : Can certain experiences that speed up that timeline ? The short answer : Yes . See the full story on pg . 14 .
TOKYO , JAPAN
With international collaboration and educational partnerships in mind , Jacobs School of Engineering and the Office of Research Affairs have opened a UC San Diego Tokyo Office that will provide a home base for faculty as well as a venue for research symposia and networking events for alumni . Learn more at : tritonmag . com / jacobstokyo
BANGLADESH
VIETNAM
FRENCH POLYNESIA , OCEANIA
With threats from overfishing , rising water temperatures and ocean acidification , the planet ’ s coral reefs are in a vulnerable position . That ’ s why Stuart Sandin and Jennifer Smith of Scripps Institution of Oceanography are set to chronicle the coral reefs around the world . The 100 Island Challenge uses novel imaging techniques to capture variability among reefs and document change over time , helping local island communities preserve these critical marine ecosystems . Take a virtual dive through these waters yourself : tritonmag . com / 100island
ANTARCTICA
Scripps Oceanography geologist James Day takes part in the Antarctic Search for Meteorites ( ANSMET ) program to collect meteorites from the Antarctic to determine more about how the planets formed and evolved to their present-day states .
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And near Antarctica ’ s McMurdo Station , Scripps professor and paleoclimatologist Jeff Severinghaus ( pictured right ) and PhD student Jessica Ng are conducting tests of the Rapid Access Ice Drill , a revolutionary advancement in terrestrial sampling . Where it once took five years to drill a continuous core in the ice sheet , this new tool now only takes 48 hours , yielding many cores that speak volumes about our changing climate .
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