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What Should We Make of ‘Spudcell’?

When news broke that scientists had created the most advanced synthetic cell yet– able to feed, reproduce, grow, and learn survival skills—NPR asked Gregory Kaebnick about the implications. In addition to raising big, fundamental questions (What is humanity’s relationship with nature?), could synthetic cells run amok and be dangerous? He didn’t dismiss that possibility. Listen to the interview.