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• The Genius Inventions That Could Prevent Date Rape
• Youths who try e-cigarettes triple since 2011
• 5 Keys to Success in Advanced Placement Courses

The Genius Inventions That Could Prevent Date Rape Posted: 25 Aug 2014 11:45 AM PDT What if you could tell whether someone had slipped a date rape drug into your drink just by the color of your nail polish? In the spring, the idea for Undercover Colors, a nail polish that changes color when the wearer dips a finger into a drink that contains drugs such as Rohypnol or GHB, won a student competition at North Carolina State University.  "All of us have been close to someone who has been through this terrible experience, and we began to focus on finding a way to help prevent the crime," Ankesh Madan, a member of the team that came up with the concept, told Higher Education Works. One in five women report having been raped at some point in her life, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's not only women who might want to wear the nail polish;

Youths who try e-cigarettes triple since 2011 Posted: 25 Aug 2014 10:19 AM PDT The number of US youths who have tried e-cigarettes tripled from 2011 to 2013, raising concerns about the potential for a new generation of nicotine addicts, US health authorities said Monday. More than a quarter of a million young people who had never smoked a cigarette used e-cigarettes in 2013, said the findings from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to data from the National Youth Tobacco surveys of middle and high school students, 79,000 tried e-cigarettes in 2011, compared to more than 263,000 in 2013. "The increasing number of young people who use e-cigarettes should be a concern for parents and the public health community," said lead author Rebecca Bunnell, associate director for science in CDC's Office on Smoking and Health.

5 Keys to Success in Advanced Placement Courses Posted: 25 Aug 2014 06:00 AM PDT As college admissions competition increases, demonstrated success in Advanced Placement courses has become an important component of many high school students' college application portfolios. The material covered in AP classes is more challenging than the content in standard high school courses. As such, AP courses can intimidate even the most confident students. Understand the expectations: AP courses more closely resemble college classes than they do high school offerings.

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