02-07-2025
Scientists Found a Third State of Life. It Begins After Death.
What if there's a third state between life and death? And what if your cells are... conscious?
Mind-blowing new research shows that, at least for some cells, death isn't the end, but the beginning of something entirely unexpected—and it all manifests in the form of strange little creatures called xenobots.
Watch Pop Mech editors Andrew Daniels and John Gilpatrick dive into these tiny clusters of frog stem cells that scientists have designed to move, heal, and even organize on their own. They're not technically alive, but they're also not completely dead.
Andrew and John unpack how these 'living robots' challenge our understanding of evolution, consciousness, and even what it means to be human.
Along the way, they raise a wild possibility: Could the cells in your body think for themselves? Does consciousness exist not just in brains, but in tissues and organs? Some scientists say yes. Others call it pseudoscience. For now, the debate rages on.
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