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{Just an interesting tidbit of information} 

Today in chemistry class we put on our goggles and aprons and turned  pennies into gold. Well, not really gold, but first a silver alloy and then a gold alloy.(if it were really gold or silver we'd all be home washing pennies) It is a relativelty simple process, found below  

" A penny is boiled in a solution of NaOH[sodium hydroxide] together with some granular zinc metal, the color of the penny will turn silver in about 45 seconds. The penny is then held in the flame of a burner for a few seconds and it turns golden. The reason this happens is that granular zinc dissolves in NaOH to form Zn(OH)42-. This zincate ion becomes reduced to metallic zinc on the surface of a copper penny. Zinc and copper when heated in a flame form brass."  Read More »

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061128/ap_on_he_me/france_face_transplant

It's been a year now since Isabelle Dinoire received the lips, nose and chin of a brain-dead woman after she was severely disfigured by her pet dog. Though her immune system attempted to reject the transplant, immuno-depressants were sufficient to control the situation. Now a year later, Isabella can speak clearly and make small facial movements. She is gaining control of the muscles of her face more and more, and her sensitivity to touch is rising. The huge success of the first partial-face transplant is raising the hopes of doctors who hope to perform a full facial transplant.

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"If you made the bed you'd better lay in it". That's the take that is generally accepted when it comes to  the morality of abortion. This, and whether a fetus is a baby or not are the key arguments in the abortion battle.Yet from either side, It's suggested as a rule that the woman in question wanted to have sex. All of the fault is immediately laid upon her shoulders without a second thought. But what if she didn't?  Read More »