Interesting possibilities for extraction of embryonic stem cells without actually killing the embryos. (Here's the link.)

Gotta love the bonus cheap shot taken at "relgious types" at the end.

What's most stupid about it is the fact that the quote from the token idiot religious guy is disengenuously used by the author of this article. The guy wasn't even commenting on the science, but on the fact that after they got done extracting the blastomere, they discarded the human embryos. But do you think that stopped him from attempting to make the "religious type" look like he was dismissing the entirety of the discussion? Course not.

Learn to separate disparate arguments, moron.

Oh wait, nevermind - the author doesn't think human embryos are human (what are they? fish embryos?) and so has a vested interest in continuing to mock those who disagree with him. So it's obvious enough what happened. The sad fact, though, is that pop-science Wired news blog is highly read, and his article will probably make an (erroneous) impression on quite a few readers.