A friend of mine told me a man created life within the past couple years and that this life has start evolving (growing amoebic legs and such). Appently he won the nobel... can anyone confirm this or show me an article?
2007-09-03 08:25:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
No one has created artificial life yet.
There are several groups racing to develop this technolgy though. All are within 3-10 years of success, and the winner will have patents worth billions, so you know this is serious stuff.
Numerous articles exist, CNN has a couple on their website
Several more detailed articles can be found on livescience.com
and if you are more scientifically literate, then try physorg.com
You can wiki "nobel prize" to see who has won any years' award
2007-09-03 08:35:21 · answer #1 · answered by aka DarthDad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was a virus your friend may have heard about which is not exactly life. It is a hunk of RNA. In any case, it is not growing legs and such.
2007-09-03 16:02:28 · answer #2 · answered by Joan H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
False. We can't make biological life from scratch. Now, software-based life, on the other hand...
2007-09-03 17:30:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋