Scientists create synthetic life.

[Tiberius]

Craig Venter and his team have created a living organism from scratch, going as far as to code an email address into the DNA which can be used if anyone cracks the code they created.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/m...-life-form

Of course, religious leaders are now claiming he is just playing God, despite the fact that these organisms could be created to provide a range of functionality beneficial to huminty, including creating biofuels and removing CO2 from the atmosphere.