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Scientists create synthetic life.
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Scientists create synthetic life.
May 20, 2010 at 1:23 pm
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.
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RE: Scientists create synthetic life.
May 20, 2010 at 1:42 pm
I'm still absorbing the importance of this. It may take a while but when I do............

That'll answer all those. "Can your scientists create life?" questions...
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May 20, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Is there a link to an actual peer reviewed paper on this?
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RE: Scientists create synthetic life.
May 20, 2010 at 2:09 pm
I'm not sure. I'm a bit confused because the Guardian reported this today, yet the Science article is dated two years ago:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/20...24-03.html

The paper is apparently from 2008: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1151721

Not sure if it's just a server error or whether it took that long to get attention :S

Update: Found one on the Guardian site: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/m...aig-venter
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RE: Scientists create synthetic life.
May 20, 2010 at 2:10 pm
hey i can't find the link of creating new thread.. :p its been a while since i opened this site..
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RE: Scientists create synthetic life.
May 20, 2010 at 6:10 pm
This is awesome! The implications are... astounding! There sure have been some serious scientific discoveries/advancements lately. I love it.
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RE: Scientists create synthetic life.
May 20, 2010 at 6:37 pm
The pope is going to shit a brick!


Not to mention all the other religious fuckwads.
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RE: Scientists create synthetic life.
May 20, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Some explanations here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPE2CnThi...r_embedded
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May 20, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Man = God.
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RE: Scientists create synthetic life.
May 20, 2010 at 8:13 pm
"God is dead"

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