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The space agency has put out a call for its Moon & Mars Exploration Analog, which recreates the challenges of a long-duration ...

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A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

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From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.

What do you call an organism with no evolutionary ancestors? SpudCell, apparently ...