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"It's life, but not as we know it" is how the The story is featured on most front pages, and there is no danger of any of the papers underplaying it.
A picture of three brown blobs on the front of the Independenthardly does justice to the apparent significance.
But the headline says "the implications for the future of humanity are so huge as to be scarcely imaginable".
Pandora's Box
Even the normally soberFinancial Timesis excited, believing the creation of an artificial life-from raises profound questions about the essence of life.
And all done with a computer and four bottles of chemicals - according to the FT's headline.
TheDaily Mail is not alone in warningthat the breakthrough opens an ethical Pandora's Box.
It highlights fears the research could be abused to create the ultimate biological weapon.
Parties' verdict
TheDaily Star calls the Lib-Con coalition agreement at Westminstera rescue plan that offers "clear direction".
But theDaily Express argues it has too many compromises.
Instead of clear policies, it says, there are new review bodies and quangos whose purpose will be to paper over the cracks between the Tories and Lib Dems.
TheDaily Mirroris not impressed either, warning that "trouble is in the post" if the government goes ahead with plans to sell off part of Royal Mail.
Glory years
The theft of priceless works of art from a gallery in Paris is widely reported.
Anexpert in the Guardiancalls it a well-selected group of works that add up to a history of the 20th Century avant-garde in its glory years.
A cartoon in theTimesshows two art connoisseurs staring at an empty wall where the paintings once were.
One muses that "theft explores the existential interface between presence and absence".This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.