
economist.com
October 7, 2026
1 min read
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Summary
Science & technology | Through a glass, darkly It may soon be possible to create “mirror life” Such research poses risks for humanity and the planet |7 min read BIOLOGY IS HANDED. In other words, many molecules essential to living organisms come in two distinct forms which, like human hands, are non-identical mirror images of one another. For a lot of those molecules, though, life on Earth employs...