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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. Because they know the Truth by hyades1 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    We all know the god addicts will be drooling and whipping themselves bloody in an attempt to shut down this line of research.

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