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The resulting bacteria made with the new code were indeed a living organism, but the researchers found that they grow around four times slower than the parent strain—a problem they hope to eventually fix.

9% reduction in genome size. 400% increase in replication time. Impressive feat of generic engineering or truly terrible compression algorithm?

Fun fact: the Scoville heat unit basically measures the amount of sugar water it takes to mask the spiciness of a given pepper.