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When Cellular Automata Come to Life (w / video)

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Cellular automata are probably the closest things to machine life that most people have gotten an opportunity to experiment with in recent years. John Conway invented a piece of software titled the Game of Life in 1970. He carefully set up the rules to create a balanced world. While this might sound like old news, it has allowed scientists to actually simulate certain real world systems.

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Cells' life and death decisions: lessons from a social amoeba

Cells' life and death decisions: lessons from a social amoeba | Science News | Scoop.it
Life is full of choices, not only for people but also for the cells that we’re made of. Scientists in Manchester are studying a simple life form to uncover the basis of cells’ choices, as Michael Regnier reports.
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Test Tube Yeast Evolve Multicellularity: Scientific American

Test Tube Yeast Evolve Multicellularity: Scientific American | Science News | Scoop.it
By watching evolution in progress, scientists reveal key developments in the evolution of complex life and put evolutionary theories to the test...
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The line between life and not-life - TEDTalks [VIDEO]

In his lab, Martin Hanczyc makes "protocells," experimental blobs of chemicals that behave like living cells. His work demonstrates how life might have first occurred on Earth ... and perhaps elsewhere too.

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