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2 days ago
The looking glass of doom.
In December 2024, a broad coalition of scientists, including leading synthetic biology researchers and Nobel laureates, have warned that the creation of mirror life, including mirror bacteria, could cause "unprecedented and irreversible harm" to human health and ecosystems worldwide.
I learned about chirality and enantiomers in chemistry, I think it was the sugars which can be “handed”; rechts- und linksdrehend in German. Looks like this physical feature is not as harmless as it was taught in school…