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Can Life Be Built Without Parents?

Scientists have speculated about creating life non-reproductively in the laboratory. That raises a bigger question: what does it even mean to create life?

Reproduction and Synthetic Life

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Viruses Are Not The Easy Answer

Researchers have made simple viruses from non-living materials, but viruses are often regarded as not fully alive. They have no metabolism and can only replicate by hijacking a host cell.

Reproduction and Synthetic Life