Hia! *hello glomps for you*

It's life Jim, but not as we know it.

Is "cosplay" one of those things that I dare not ask google what it is while at work?

It's were people dress up as anime and game characters, enter competitions and win prizes I made a cosplay of Lulu (FFX) that has won every comp I entered it in as well as a few other winners. It's so much fun 

Oh good god. I'm staying out of this.

Why? Didn't you like it?

I'm all for it I don't see why there is such an uproar over G.M. foods, it allows farmers to make a healthier crop free from pests with vitamins and other components that can assist us in our diet. For example C.S.I.R.O Plant industries are working towards making wheat have more fiber, because most kiddies love white bread, but its rather bad for you. However wheat has 42 chromosomes so it is hard to find out which codon(s) exactly transcribe to the fiber content so there starting small with  barley which only has 14 chromosomes and other more simple grains so that they can isolate the gene more easily. (sorry if that was boring, I worked with some of their scientists on it the other year )

On the other end of the scale there is gene splicing, taking desired genetic data and inserting it onto a plasmid to make recombinant DNA and then making a fertilized egg take up the DNA to exhibit the trait. There was an interesting case of this were a scientist made a glowing pig! He got the gene marker from a jellyfish and successfully merged it into the pig, the pig has a distinct yellow tone rather then pink and when the lights go out... The pig clearly glows! His team are currently working on ways to turn the gene on and off in different situations! They have many uses for this discovery they can use it in transplant surgery in humans so that they can monitor the progress of the organ more easily, though that would not be practical until they can isolate organs or tissues, as having yellow people might be a little strange ( this was published in a scientific journal but I found a  video on it http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=7jy8794yuw  if you would like to have a look)

*I thought I'd just edit this in rather then double post

That's... a lot to study.

I'm doing general science as all first years do here I have applied to get into BioMed and BioChem courses for the up and coming year. First year is always easy it's mainly teaching you stuff you should already know if you payed attention in class. Hope that clarifies things a little.

thank you