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A replicator built rather than inherited

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Welcome to July 2, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

Every living thing until now descended from a lineage nobody designed. A cell assembled from non-living parts that grows and divides is the first exception — biology acquires a second origin, and this one has authors.

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2026-08-08: A study concludes bacteria and archaea became alive independently

2026-08-06: Genome language models design whole functional phages

2026-07-02: A synthetic cell built from non-living parts grows and divides

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A replicator built rather than inherited
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KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/themes/built-not-inherited
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- Welcome to July 2, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-2-2026
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