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US scientists have, for the first time, made early-stage human embryos by manipulating DNA taken from people's skin cells and then fertilising it with sperm.

"Anfield was always freezing. I don't know whether they manipulate the temperature in there."

In 1997, it became one of the first organisms to have its entire genome sequenced, making it easier to understand and manipulate.

"The evidence showed that Amazon used sophisticated subscription traps designed to manipulate consumers into enrolling in Prime, and then made it exceedingly hard for consumers to end their subscription," FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said.

The main pluses humans have going for them are their overconfidence and yearning to manipulate anything and anyone they can for their own ends.