Can life be created in the laboratory now that we have the ingredients and can create the goldilocks conditions?

This is false! Life is way too complex. We can't even create one strand of DNA in the lab. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis

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ACTIVITY: Threshold Card — Threshold 5 Life

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Each threshold follows a consistent pattern of creating greater complexity in the Universe. Download a PDF of Threshold 5: Life.

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mrwiskers2008
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Can life be created in the laboratory now that we have the ingredients and can create the goldilocks conditions?
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- jen.2004
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What kind of DNA would extra trearestaral beings have.
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Holly Buhler
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this was really interesting but do I really have a big history project?!
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Sungbin Joshua Kim
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What if the earth ends and all the life dies, what happens to the chemicals mentioned on this video like mentabolism?
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- trek
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  Metabolism is the life processes that regulate the digestion of food, growth, and maintain homeostasis.
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ACTIVITY: Threshold Card — Threshold 5 Life

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