Movie time!

Okay, so I just recently saw Happy Feet. I must say that I am impressed! It was actually a very good movie. Not too cheesy and not corny (although there were corny jokes). I reccomend it.

Wikipedia says this:

Happy Feet has received better than average reviews from film critics, and received a 77% "fresh" approval in the Rotten Tomatoes movie review aggregate site.

Kirk Honeycutt said that Happy Feet "astonishes," it has brilliant choreography and orchestration, and is entertaining for younger viewers. Honeycutt also said that, "[George] Miller boldly reaches for spiritual themes," and "happily, it all works."

While Gene Seymour described Happy Feet as "a rich, absorbing story that isn't content to dazzle you with effects, but rouse your spirits." Seymour adds "nothing prepares you for its sweeping visual design and its conceptual energy."

Moreover, Lou Lumenick praised Happy Feet for its "stunning visuals," calling the film "inspired" and "uplifting." Lumenick further added that "It's Dumbo meets Footloose," and "Happy Feet is not only the year's best animated movie, it's one of the year's best movies, period. Go."

Ebert & Roeper gave it two thumbs up. A.O. Scott, Roger Ebert's temporary replacement, is quoted as saying "Happy Feet was made with enough skill, and enough heart, to get a thumbs up from me." Richard Roeper agreed, saying "I think kids will love it, because penguins are cute."

Exremophiles

Yellowstone National Park has some of the most extreme environments in the world. What better place to look for extremophiles! Extremophiles are viruses that actually live and THRIVE within the intense heat of the thermal geysers and acidic pools. What do viruses do? Trevor Douglas, PhD says this, "It transports something from a to b, gets into a cell (and) takes it over. It's a little machine. And what we want to do is take that little machine and manipulate it to do things that are good things."

Things like chemotherapy directly applied to the cancer cells, computer memory so huge that at the size of a matchbox it will hold 6 months of constantly playing music!
Here is a video on the Wired Science Pilot Episode that shows some of the amazing things they plan to use these viruses for.
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