Chirality: The Mystery of Life's Asymmetry

Most organic molecules have a mirror-image twin. Yet life only uses one and not the other. The reason for this asymmetry is one of the greatest mysteries of biology. From Louis Pasteur to cutting-edge quantum experiments, here is the science behind nature’s broken mirror.

00:00 Mystery of chirality
01:47 Louis Pasteur's discovery
03:28 Thalidomide tragedy
04:42 Science of stereochemistry
07:29 Origin of life research
10:29 Risks of mirror life
12:02: Searching for life beyond Earth

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