In 2024, a group of scientists wrote a paper warning about the end of all life on Earth. Or not the end, really — instead, it would be a kind of new beginning.

See, all cells have a structure, and those structures have an orientation. Given that , the new sci-fi mystery that is all about this, is a Vince Gilligan joint, you may even be familiar with the concept. Because if you watched , the generational smash hit that first put Gilligan on the map, you would have heard chemistry teacher-turned-meth kingpin Walter White explaining it.

It’s called chirality. For all us D science students in the audience, it basically amounts to the idea that the smallest building blocks of life are oriented a certain way, and if flipped, they wouldn’t be the same things anymore. In simple terms, you can th

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