(S/P) Making babies without eggs may be possible, say scientists

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ramblin_ag02
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Sensationalized coverage:

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37337215

Original article

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160913/ncomms12676/full/ncomms12676.html

Seems like they took eggs, made them undergo the first few steps of parthenogenesis, and then were still able to fertilize them from normal sperm. To me it sounds like "we turned our house into a home office, but we found out it still works great as a house!" But it's still kind of neat.

Kind of freaky in the overall picture. It's hard to wrap my head around a world that doesn't need sperm or eggs to make new people, and the enormous social implications of that.
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Martin Q. Blank
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I guess this is good news for nerds who can't get laid, but still want to start a family. Or gays.
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