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  "publishedAt": "2026-07-01T12:30:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Scientists in Minnesota say they've built something from scratch that's not alive—but behaves like it was. Synthetic biologist Kate Adamala and her team created \"SpudCells\": tiny, wobbling spheres assembled from non-living chemicals that can grow, copy their synthetic DNA, and split into \"offspring,\" according to research posted online . Unlike...",
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