Artificial Life

Are scientists on the verge of making living things from little more than dust?

Let's Make a Microbe!

Find out what separates life from nonlife.

Francis Collins Interview

The head of the Human Genome Project isn't convinced that synthetic creatures are just around the corner.

Ask the Expert

Biochemist David Deamer of the University of California, Santa Cruz answers questions about efforts to make artificial life and what that might tell us about early life on Earth.

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