And that's why a system of government based on a written constitution is a bad idea....

Seriously, how is this flamebait? Maybe 'gayling' isn't a terribly PC term for what I am talking about, but the OP coined it, not me. I'm not sure how postulating that an experiment that would answer a much studied question (i.e. the influences of nature/nurture on homosexuality) would be interesting counts as flaimebait....

Two gay people of the same sex can not currently have children that are decended from both of them, are you suggesting that they can?

If you are meaning that gay men have children with gay women, then maybe they do, but it's possible that gay men and gay women are gay through different causes.

So no, there isn't enough data. Otherwise there wouldn't be so many studies being done on the subject.

Presumably the person/animal the OP was referring to is called a gayling because it's parents were gay. If you RTFA, you'll see that it suggests that gay couples could have offspring using a technique similar to the one performed with the mice.

I'm not trying to be offensive to anyone -- I'm just saying that such a procedure has the potential to clear up the whole nature/nurture debate in the case of homosexuality.

Why? You may belive that there is some fundamental difference between humans and other animals, but myself and many others do not. That doesn't make us uncivilised.

On the other hand, I don't think we as a species need any additional vectors for reproducing -- we seem to do well enough as it is...

No, I don't agree. And what does it have to do with making human-animal hybrids? And what would be wrong with that, anyway? I'd do that -- well, I don't have the knowledge to be able to, but I certainly wouldn't protest if someone else did it. Surely you can see the advantage of having a human head/brain and the body of a horse?

It does go on to propose that invitro fertilisation could be used, wiht a female only used for incubation. Presumably it's not outside the realms of possiblity for an incubator capable of this being created in the future, so the whole process may not need a female.

Well, someone has to back those trailers....

Would a gayling be gay itself? Potentially quite an interesting experiment.

"We can rebuild them -- We have the technology" ---????

I agree that is the correct question to be asking, but I don't think the answer is clear cut yet. I'm not a 'climate change denier' either. I certainly think that it is prudent to cut emmisions as much as possible in the mean time, as indications are that our emmisions are at least partly to blame for observed changes in the climate.

I think anyone who states climate predictions with certain terms like 'no' or 'yes' is jumping the gun. There are papers out there that indicate that by pumping GHGs into the atmosphere, we are holding back an impending ice-age. They are in the minority, and I certainly wouldn't like to stake my reputation on them, but they are science, and they aren't all based on doctored data like some 'climate denier' papers are. The fact is, the answer to your question really comes down to the assumptions you make in creating your model. Wwe have to validate more of these assumptions before it can be definitively answered.

A scientific theory has nothing to do with religion. Ever seen a church of the second law of thermodynamics? Someone worshiping the god of relativity? No. Just because somehting isn't "Proven" doesn't mean that the only reason to believe in it is 'faith' -- we can use evidence to base our beliefs on. If you don't want your government spending money on education, i.e. science, you are a very backwards person.

Well said. And they harp on about how every other country should be 'free and democratic' like them, while they live in a country with some laws that seem downright oppessive compared to many other countries. And if they were really keen on democracy, they'd be using something more like the westminster system (i.e. a real democracy).

You really have to pay for it though. The more affordable thinkpads, like my 13", still have 1366x768 screens.

That's fine if you want a large laptop. But if you want a small one (like 13", which for me is just the right size), it's getting harder and harder to find one with a screen more than 768 pixels high.