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Bruce Sterling
May 20, 2010 4:23 PM

Scientists Create First Self-Replicating Synthetic Life

*Uhm, I think maybe you oughta truck over to WIRED SCIENCE and have a look at this... They're not kidding. And neither is Craig Venter.

https://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/05/scientists-create-first-self-replicating-synthetic-life/

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