It's a technology that doesn't even exist yet, but its effects could be so drastically destructive that scientists in the ...

Scientists have created a bacteria with a genetic code more streamlined – and more meddled with – than any other life on ...

A bombshell report revealed a bacteria whose genetic code is said to be more efficient than any other lifeform on earth.

The inventors call it the world's first synthetic cell, although this initial step is more a re-creation of existing life -- changing one simple type of bacterium into another -- than a built-from ...

We often discuss cybernetic, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and hybrids of them, but what truly is synthetic life? And what is it like?

Scientists have created an artificial genome and inserted it into a bacteria cell, creating the first synthetic life. The goal of the project is to design microbes for energy or health applications.

The first synthetic genome was created, which could let scientists uncover the very origins of life on Earth.

Yesterday Andrew Nusca discussed how geneticists have duplicated life in an empty cell by adding lab-made DNA to it (see Scientists unveil first self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cell). The ...

Geneticist Craig Venter says synthetic life could help people colonize Mars someday. Manmade organisms could pull CO2 from the Red Planet's air and use it to make food, fuel and other necessities.