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Creating a Simplified Form of Life
- java-man 2y agoI thought the answer has been found in 2009 [0]. In my opinion, self-replication and observed evolution of the relative short RNA molecules qualifies to be called "life". [0] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2652413/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2652413/
- gus_massa 2y agoI really like the RNA world hypothesis, but this article is about a much later step. Once you have DNA and proteins, how to use them to "burn" stuff to get energy.