Might the deadliest pathogen in the history of the world be one that life itself cannot see? That is the specter fueling a heated debate among synthetic biologists, biosecurity professionals, and ...

Scientists have been voicing concerns over the creation of “mirror life”—synthetic organisms made from molecules that are the reverse version of those used in nature—for some time. In December 2024, ...

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Black swans entered the public vernacular in 2007 with the publication of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Black swans are unexpected events, outliers ...

About five years ago, the five of us formed a discussion group to investigate the ethics of working with the building blocks of mirror life—biomolecules that are essentially mirror images of their ...

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At an international conference this week, experts will work to chart a path forward as they tackle the promise and perils of mirror-image cells. Sign up for our newsletter and stay in the loop with ...