Episode

No one’s sure if synthetic mirror life will kill us all

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MIT Technology Review Narrated
Published
Apr 29, 2026
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1496
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Summary

Synthetic biologists were tantalized by the idea of making mirror images of microbes. Then things got complicated. This story was written by Stephen Ornes and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com