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AnotherDreamWeaver

(2,924 posts) Thu Dec 9, 2021, 12:11 AM Dec 2021

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Tiny living machines called xenobots can create copies of themselves (Original Post) AnotherDreamWeaver Dec 2021 OP

personally, I welcome our gray goo overlords. nt Javaman Dec 2021 #1

Can they live outside of lab dishes? AnotherDreamWeaver Dec 2021 #2

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1. personally, I welcome our gray goo overlords. nt

Thu Dec 9, 2021, 12:01 PM

Dec 2021

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2. Can they live outside of lab dishes?

Fri Dec 10, 2021, 12:05 AM

Dec 2021

And scoop up and combine any material? If so, sounds like trouble.