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Life without organic molecules – exploring the boundaries of life

Author(s) -

Alex Ellery

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the biochemist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 1740-1194

pISSN - 0954-982X

DOI - 10.1042/bio04006014

Subject(s) - computer science , abiogenesis , artificial life , epistemology , organic molecules , cognitive science , sociology , environmental ethics , data science , artificial intelligence , psychology , chemistry , philosophy , astrobiology , biology , molecule , organic chemistry

We are familiar with the notion of carbon-based life forms, but are there alternatives? In this article, I describe an approach to build a living machine from engineering materials that lacks any biochemistry but uses engineering methods to live. In devising this self-replicating machine, we explore broader scientific notions of what life might be and how it might be realized, rather than being limited to what it is on Earth.

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