If you’re unfamiliar with the science around “mirror life”, well, welcome to the club. But this somewhat obscure field of research is coming under new scrutiny. Because a new study says that “mirror microbes” could actually be an existential threat to life on Earth. Host Carol Hills speaks with Vaughn Cooper, an evolutionary microbiologist at the University of Pittsburgh.
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