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Celerity

(43,393 posts) Tue Nov 30, 2021, 08:58 PM Nov 2021

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Living robots made from frog cells can replicate themselves in a dish

Swarms of tiny "xenobots" can self-replicate in the lab by pushing loose cells together – the first time this form of reproduction has been seen in multicellular organisms

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2299252-living-robots-made-from-frog-cells-can-replicate-themselves-in-a-dish/

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Living robots made from frog cells can replicate themselves in a dish (Original Post) Celerity Nov 2021 OP

Scary live love laugh Nov 2021 #1

Because we can doesn't mean we should. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2021 #6

We're doomed. grumpyduck Nov 2021 #3

I think it may be how multi-cellular animals evolved. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #4

Seems logical...nt Wounded Bear Nov 2021 #5

Kissing would be nice, yes? Anon-C Nov 2021 #7

What could possibly go wrong? Coventina Nov 2021 #8

live love laugh

(13,114 posts)

1. Scary

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Tue Nov 30, 2021, 09:00 PM

Nov 2021

Scrivener7

(50,950 posts)

2. Because we can doesn't mean we should.

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Tue Nov 30, 2021, 09:01 PM

Nov 2021

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Chin music This message was self-deleted by its author.

grumpyduck

(6,240 posts)

3. We're doomed.

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Tue Nov 30, 2021, 09:03 PM

Nov 2021

Just wait until they latch on to the Jewish Space Lasers.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)

4. I think it may be how multi-cellular animals evolved. . . . nt

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Tue Nov 30, 2021, 09:05 PM

Nov 2021

Wounded Bear

(58,661 posts)

5. Seems logical...nt

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Tue Nov 30, 2021, 09:14 PM

Nov 2021

Anon-C

(3,430 posts)

7. Kissing would be nice, yes?

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Tue Nov 30, 2021, 09:46 PM

Nov 2021

Coventina

(27,120 posts)

8. What could possibly go wrong?

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Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:50 PM

Nov 2021

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