This story is part of a week-long series on reproduction, from prenatal testing to childfree Reddit. Reproduction is messy. The genetic swaps and recombinations that occur when gametes merge don't ...

This story is part of a week-long series on reproduction, from prenatal testing to childfree Reddit. Bacteria do it. Viruses do it. Worms, mammals, even bees do it. Every living thing on earth ...

Life on Earth possesses an exceptional ability to self-reproduce, which, even on a simple cellular level, is driven by complex biochemistry. But can self-reproduction exist in a biochemistry-free ...