NY Times Scrapbook Entry #1

Killer Penguins, Asteroids and Maple Leaves"In more than 14 hours of filming using cameras strapped to 11 Adélie penguins, not once did a bird fail to capture its prey." Watch it all on Penguin-Cam.

This article, which includes 10 other short blurbs of science news, caught my eye with its title "Killer Penguins, Asteroids and Maple Leaves". Science, mainly astronomy, interests me a lot because it can, usually, boggle my mind. The short blurb about Asteroids talk about how we, in the future, will start mining asteroids for rocket fuel, solar panels and components for spacecraft orbiting Earth. All 11 mini articles can be found here on the NY Times website.

 Agency Moves to Retire Most Research Chimps 

"The report says that for the future, only a small colony of about 50 chimps should be kept for the possibility of new research, which would have to be approved by an independent committee, including representation from the public."

This article caught my eye because I was curious as to how often (and how many) chimps are tested on. It turns out that there are 232 chimps that could potentially be tested on. The National Institution of Health or N.I.H. owns these chimps and have 219 chimps retired already. They plan to change the way the chimps live and the type of tests that are ran on them. I like the idea of the public having a say in the matter because we should have a voice when it comes to these types of things. Full article HERE

A Movie a Day, Without Going Broke

 

"Whether it is worth it, of course, depends on how many times you go to the movies. The company has set its monthly prices to equal roughly three movies a month, so it costs just over $30 in New York City. Subscribers tend to go a lot when they first sign up, and then their activity decreases, Stacy Spikes, MoviePass’s founder, said. "

I work at a movie theatre so I get free movies all the time (except on Saturdays) so I found this article interesting because it's basically like the Movie Fun Packs we sell which is a deal if you go to the movies often. This "Movie Card" idea seems like a good idea but what happens when there isn't any good movies out? You get charged for a month when you maybe only saw one movie that month. The thing with the Movie Fun Packs the Marcus Theatre sells is that, though there are restrictions to newer movies and 3D movies, they don't expire and you only pay once when you buy the pack of tickets. Overall the movie packs could save you 40% potentially in movie tickets. Perhaps it makes more sense in to do it in New York. I don't see it making it's way over to the Midwest anytime soon.

Full Article HERE