Scientists built a cell from scratch that eats, divides and evolves. They just won’t call it alive

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By Darius PopaJul 3, 2026, 4:01 am88 ptsTrending
Scientists in Minnesota have built a cell from scratch. It can feed, grow, and divide, and it competes with its own offspring. Its makers do not claim it is alive. But the line between chemistry and biology just got a lot thinner. The team at the University of Minnesota calls its creation SpudCell, and says…

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