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"Immortal Molecule" Evolves — How Close To Synthetic Life?

Posted by timothy on from the non-instant-soup dept.

An anonymous reader writes with word of ongoing work at Scripps Research Institute: "Can life arise from nothing but a chaotic assortment of basic molecules? The answer is a lot closer following a series of ingenious experiments that have shown evolution at work in non-living molecules."

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  1. Re:what is a living molecule? by headkase · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There is no "life", there is only cohesiveness over time. The magical attribute called "alive" does not actually exist anywhere in our Universe ;) We just don't happen to fall apart for a while while we compute.

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    Shh.
  2. Re:Interesting route... by wizardforce · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Membranes self assemble. See micelles.

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    Sigs are too short to say anything truly profound so read the above post instead.
  3. Re:what is a living molecule? by carbuck · · Score: 3, Interesting

    organization.. response to stimuli... reproduction.. by this definition, most /. are not alive