What if scientists could take cells from both living and dead organisms and turn them into entirely new organisms beyond life and death? While it might sound completely out of this world—something you ...

An entirely new organism has been created by combining living cells with dead cells, birthing what is being called a "third state" of existence. A team of researchers penned a new study review in the ...

A groundbreaking discovery has emerged from the world of microbiology, one that blurs the lines between what we traditionally define as living and non-living. Researchers have identified a unique ...

NASA recently announced the detection of a potential signature of extraterrestrial life in the atmosphere of a planet located 120 light years away. Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope ...

One of the most important molecules in living organisms has been synthesised from scratch under everyday conditions. The finding suggests that the chemical could have formed naturally early in our ...

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For the first time, scientists have directly measured “ultraweak” photon emissions from living organisms. In rats this glow fades rapidly after death. In plants it brightens under stress. In the ...

Over the past several years, scientists have repeatedly demonstrated that the cells of various organisms can be repurposed into biological robots, representing stunning advancements in the field of ...