Why is life left-handed? The answer is in the stars
- Written by The Conversation
A needle in a haystack? Search for the first ever biological molecule.Hubble Heritage/Flickr, CC BY-SAWhile most humans are right-handed, our proteins are made up of lefty molecules. In the same way your left and right hands mirror one another, molecules can assemble in two reflected structures. Life prefers the left-handed version, which is...







