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Can RNA Alone Create Life?
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October 24, 2025
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10:32Now PlayingIn this conversation, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Kerstin Göpfrich explore how scientists are using RNA nanotechnology to design and build synthetic life from scratch. Göpfrich explains her team’s work on creating simpler, self-replicating systems made entirely of RNA—capable of folding, evolving, and functioning without proteins. Their goal is to uncover how life may have first emerged by reconstructing its building blocks using modern computational and molecular design tools.
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