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Homochirality: Why Nature Never Makes Mirror Molecules
Steve Mould
Steve Mould explains homochirality: why biological molecules like sugars and amino acids come in only one handedness. He covers ideas about how this asymmetry might have arisen, touching on meteorite samples and RNA.
Cited as a clear, accessible explanation of why life uses only one version of chiral molecules.
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