[pantone159]

http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6740040

[Shagbark]

I was taken in at first, since the process sounds reasonable.  I was shocked to think that some unheard-of small company was so far ahead in cell simulation, and dubious that it could run fast enough to evaluate a single organism, let alone evolve them.  But when the article talked about engineering a goldfish to produce gold, well, that's alchemy, not genetic engineering.  So I checked the date.

[constant thinker]

If I had a dragon for a pet, I'd use it to eat all the annoying dogs in my area.

Interesting article though.

[Borek]

If I had a dragon for a pet, I'd use it to eat all the annoying dogs in my area.

Could be difficut. According to calculations done by some biomechanic PhD dragons have to be below 25 kg to be able to fly - there are no heavier birds, as bones/muscles technology has its limits.

And 25 kg dragon is probably out of chances when confronted with 75 kg dog.

Unless we are talking about non-flying dragons. But these are not as interesting

[pantone159]

And 25 kg dragon is probably out of chances when confronted with 75 kg dog.

Not when it can breathe fire!

[Donaldson Tan]

Not when it can breathe fire!

That might need ATF approval. LOL