The Feasibility of Living Metal

Recently I have been playing a lot of stellaris, " a strategy game that allows you to control a alien species and advance your way through the galaxy". In the game there is something called "Living Metal", which the game description of it says that it shows characteristics usually seen in biological life forms, such as environmental stimulus and self-sustaining processes. The in game description of it is to vague, but what The point I assume it was trying to get across was that it Essentially is capable of self reproduction, either sexual or asexual ( most likely asexual ), and if it shows many characteristics shown in life forms, I would assume that it needs energy to keep itself alive.

This got me thinking:

1. What conditions would a planet or what environmental pressures be needed to give rise to "Living Metal".

Another question I would like answered is:

2. If such thing could exist, could it be created artificially, and what scientific inventions could be created using it ( this question doesn't really need to be answered, but if you answer the first half of this question then it'll really be of great help. )

posted over 4 years ago

RotNDecay‭

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