Face transplants in the news

More akin to science fiction than scientific reality, several people have received face transplants in recent years. Now relegated to only the most horrific accidents, like most medical miracles, as techniques are perfected this type of operation will eventually become much more common. Once that…

Granite – Properties and Use

Granite is a type of common, felsic, intrusive igneous rock. Granite is medium to coarse in texture, occasionally with a few individual crystals larger than the ground mass that form a rock known as porphyry. Granites can be pink to dark gray or even black,…