[Freddy]

If you found a self-replicating organism living inside your computer, your first instinct might be to reach for the antivirus software. If, however, you are Andrew Wade, an avid player in the two-dimensional, mathematical universe known as the Game of Life, such a discovery is nothing short of an epiphany.

When Wade posted his self-replicating mathematical organism on a Life community website on 18 May, it sparked a wave of excitement. "This is truly ground-breaking work," wrote a fellow Life enthusiast, Adam Goucher, on the website Game of Life News. "In fact, this is arguably the single most impressive and important pattern ever devised."


Full Story at New Scientist...

[Carl2]

Interesting,  I read it and thought I hope there is more to this than I can get out of it by reading it.. 
Looked through the site and found some other interesting things.
Carl2

[Freddy]

Yeah it was quite interesting, I usually like things like this.  Reading through the comments I have to agree that this probably isn't the first thing of it's kind...