Less perceptive people were concerned last week with matters such as presidential impeachment and bombing raids in Iraq. Those able to see to the horizon - HMS Beagle readers among them - were distracted by another issue: the claim by South Korean researchers that they had created an embryo cloned from an adult woman.

Now is the time for our uniquely qualified readership to shed light on the most riveting question of the new year: Should we or should we not be cloning human embryos now? Share your opinion by responding in no more than 150 words to one of the email addresses below. Please add your name, your institution, and a few words about your own line of work.

Bring In the Clones: Reasons to Clone a Human Embryo Now
Tell us why at 2clone@hmsbeagle.com

Stop Cloning Around: Reasons Not to Clone a Human Embryo Now
Tell us why not at not2clone@hmsbeagle.com

The ten best responses in each category will appear in Issue 46 of HMS Beagle. Authors of winning responses will receive a prize.