Matter: How Simple Can Life Get? It’s Complicated

Thursday, July 4, 2013 - 11:20 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have long wondered how much life can be stripped down and still remain alive. The answer seems to be that the true essence of life is not some handful of genes, but coexistence.

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