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Artificial Life
Panpsychist philosopher Philip Goff, PhD on mysticism and the future of faith.
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It's time to write the human genome, argues microbiologist Andrew Hessel.
The fear of unleashing forces beyond control has haunted science for centuries.
Our Earthbound definitions of life could leave us blind to the Universe’s strangest forms.
We need a "theory that explains the evolution of evolution," argues theoretical physicist Sara Imari Walker.
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How do scientists measure and define life in the natural world? Dr. Lee Cronin gives us a definition, in 4 minutes:
As creatures and machines meld together in increasingly advanced forms, ethicists are starting to take note.
"What modern science has taught us is that life is not a property of matter."
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“The physics of the universe doesn't predict the emergence of biology.” Glasgow chemist Lee Cronin explains how inanimate matter becomes evolutionary:
Physicists have increasingly begun to view life as information-processing "states of matter" that require special consideration.
33 years ago, the theoretical biologist Robert Rosen offered an answer to the question "Is life computable?"
Google’s “Genie” could be used to create a wide range of interactive environments for more than just games.
This biochemist is determined to create a new life form by reversing the shape of molecules.
We don’t need to think about what life is made of but rather what it does.
The best answer we have is, "Life is matter with intentionality."
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This biologist built a living robot from frog cells — and it could hold the key to the future of regenerative medicine.
Should we be searching for life on other planets, or technology?
Reframing life in terms of death reveals some of the biggest philosophical problems with how we think about living systems.
The emergence of life in the universe is as certain as the emergence of matter, gravity, and the stars. Life is the universe developing a memory, and our chemical detection system could find it.
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Is there life beyond Earth, even in our Solar System? This mission might be humanity’s best hope of finding it. The biggest question facing humanity might be, “Does life exists beyond […]