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diatoms making their cell wall: 

coccolithophores making their cell wall: 

coralline algae making their cell wall:

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Scientists Created Bacteria With a Synthetic Genome. Is This Artificial Life?

In a milestone for synthetic biology, colonies of E. coli thrive with DNA constructed from scratch by humans, not nature.

Scientists have created a living organism whose DNA is entirely human-made — perhaps a new form of life, experts said, and a milestone in the field of synthetic biology.

Researchers at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Britain reported on Wednesday that they had rewritten the DNA of the bacteria Escherichia coli, fashioning a synthetic genome four times larger and far more complex than any previously created.

The bacteria are alive, though unusually shaped and reproducing slowly. But their cells operate according to a new set of biological rules, producing familiar proteins with a reconstructed genetic code.

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a fairylike garden, full of sunshine

a flower meadow where picnics occur

foggy forests, a neverending fairytale

hidden waterfalls in the mountains

tide pools by the sea 

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Underrated biological design no. 84: the tendency for bottom dwelling marine browsers to become helmet shaped munchkins.

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