How Did SPACE Shape Your DNA?
PBS Space Time · Season 2025 · Episode 15
The molecular basis of all life is mysteriously asymmetric, only using molecules on one side of what should be the equivalent mirrored pairs. The universe has a similar mirror asymmetry, and it may be that our very DNA inherited its twist from the underlying handedness of reality.
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Season
2025
Episode
15
Air Date
17/Jul/2025
Air Time
12:00
Runtime
20 min
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The molecular basis of all life is mysteriously asymmetric, only using molecules on one side of what should be the equivalent mirrored pairs. The universe has a similar mirror asymmetry, and it may be that our very DNA inherited its twist from the underlying handedness of reality.
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