From the moment they are born, you are preparing them to be released into the world, not to hold on to them or to control their lives for the rest of your life.

Together they illustrate the importance of understanding the lifecycle -- backwards, forwards, and inside out -- so that you can manipulate it when you need to.

And with good reason: being able to manipulate the expectations of those around us is a key survival trait for social animals like ourselves.

What if someone is using you or manipulating you?

But in its brief, the government said it now believed that the mere isolation of a gene, without further alteration or manipulation, does not change its nature.