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

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Podcast: [MIT Technology Review Narrated](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mit-technology-review-narrated-835175)
Published: 2026-04-29T04:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/MIT8112252938.mp3
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## Resource

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

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