An artificial cell with a full lifecycle has been created for the first time

A group of scientists in a Minnesota laboratory have made history, creating the first artificial cell with a complete life cycle. SpudCell, as the team behind it has dubbed the creation, is built entirely from known chemical components, and can grow, replicate its genome, divide into new generations of cells, and even demonstrate natural selection and competition as its genes change. That’s not to say SpudCells are alive, mind you, as the team behind it aren’t claiming to have become