Given yesterday's close encounter with what amounted to a time traveling family member doppelganger, this article linked to on hacker news today stood out.
Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells: Scientists have created what amounts to a fake 14 day old human embryo. No fertilized eggs or a womb required. Just lab cultured and human skin stemcells.
"When the scientists applied secretions from these cells to a commercial pregnancy test, it came out positive."
We will soon have the ability to synthetically create intelligences and biologies. That's going to be quite a big change. Things are going to get very weird. #