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Why Biological Molecules Have One Handedness

Steve Mould · Explainer · 19 min · 2020 · YouTube title: Homochirality: Why Nature Never Makes Mirror Molecules
Why it's here

Cited as a clear, accessible explanation of why life uses only one version of chiral molecules.

What it covers

Steve Mould explains homochirality: why biological molecules like sugars and amino acids come in only one handedness. He covers ideas about how this asymmetry might have arisen, touching on meteorite samples and RNA.