Acidity in our oceans is increasing at an alarming speed due to the rising levels of carbon dioxide. Several projects around the world have shown that the increasing acidity will harm many of our marine organisms and harm coral growth in many of the oceans. The increase in acidity is much worse than scientists had [...]
Archive for November, 2008
New Medical Frontier
Yet another medical frontier has been crossed, and the concept of us being able to grow new organs has now become a reality. Surgeons have used stem cells to grow replacement body parts in a new and fantastic innovation. The success of the transplant of a windpipe grown from stem cells has opened up several [...]
Cyber-Bullying Trial In America
A woman has gone on trial in America after being accused of bullying a young girl online resulting in her taking her own life. 49-year old Lori Drew allegedly posed as a sixteen year old boy on the website MySpace and befriended the young girl in a bid to humiliate her. Megan Meier was only [...]
Teaching Teenagers to Handle Credit Cards
Credit cards are cool for teenagers because they see those plastic cards as certificates of personal success. By owning a credit card, teenagers are lulled to believe that they are grown-ups and free to do what they want. Since credit card companies are unstoppable on sending credit offers to susceptible teenagers, the only thing parents [...]
Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Your Blood
MDS or myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders found mainly in the bone marrow. The bone marrow produces stem cells that normally develop and mature into any type of blood cells, which are released into the bloodstreams. Every day, millions of blood cells are produced and millions also die. The balance is partly monitored [...]
