Rather than attempting fertilization in a Petri dish, he simply loaded the sperm and eggs (known to biologists as gametes) into a fine pipette and inserted them into the Fallopian tube, where he hoped they would take care of business by themselves.

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Qui vive? Who passes by up there? Who moves -- what stirs in the startled air? What whispers, thrills, exults up there? Qui vive?

That wrist shot completely fooled the defenders.