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(So-Called) Life

Radiolab asks what is natural in a world where biology and engineering intersect...

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KCRW placeholderBy Jad Abumrad • Feb 20, 2011 • 1 min read

Biotechnology is making it easier and easier to create new forms of life, but what are the consequences when humans play with life? We travel back to the first billion years of life on Earth, take a look at how modern engineers tinker with living things, and meet a woman who could have been two people.

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    Jad Abumrad

    creator of "Radiolab," and host of the new podcast “Fela Kuti: Fear No Man”

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    Robert Krulwich

    host of 'Radio Lab'

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