NOVA scienceNOW Artificial Life
Are scientists on the verge of making living things from little more than dust? Details
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Artificial Life: Expert Q&A;
Biochemist David Deamer answers questions about early life on Earth.
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Let's Make a Microbe!
Find out what separates life from nonlife and how scientists are exploring the boundary.
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Francis Collins on Making Life
The head of the Human Genome Project thinks synthetic creatures are not around the corner.
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How Did Life Begin?
Harvard's Andrew Knoll discusses the mysterious jump long ago from non-living to living.
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