<![CDATA[Man-Made Cells, creating life]]>This is probably the closest we've come to creating life from not-life:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/01/science/spudcells-synthetic-cell.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uVA.3SyV.OaOQofI-Qg1o

Synthetic biologist Kate Adamala has managed to synthesize "simple cells that feed, grow, reproduce and compete with one another for food."

The cells are "made," not "grown."

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@CHAS said:

Somehow that is not comforting.

Let’s see if this makes you feel better:

Now that human has figured this out, eventually AI will learn it and improve on it.

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