‘Gateway drug’ is alcohol, not marijuana!
Image: Some rights reserved by Torben Bjørn Hansen (Flickr) A study in the August edition of The Journal of School Health finds that the generations old theory of a “gateway drug” effect is in fact accurate for some drug users, but shifts the blame for those addicts’ escalating substance abuse away from marijuana and onto the most pervasive and More...
What did our ancient ancestors look like?
© Joseph Cortes | Dreamstime.com The color of the eyes and hair of ancestors dead for hundreds of years can now be revealed from their DNA alone, researchers say.These findings suggest investigators not only More...
Sonic Screwdriver One Step Closer
Image credit: Tony Buser - flikr - Creative Commons Doctor Who’s Sonic Screwdriver has come one step closer to reality as a new prototype built by physicists at the University of Dundee, can manipulate objects, More...
Revolutionary putty could heal bone fractures in days!
Scientists say they have created a revolutionary ‘putty’, that they have called ‘Fracture Putty’ that can reduce healing times from months to days. The University of Georgia Regenerative More...