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Visual science journalism’s DNA problem
Your left hand and right hand are mirror-images of each other. You can’t superimpose them completely even after all manner of rotations and translations. Only mirroring them works. The same thing can happen to some molecules. When two molecules are … Continue reading
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Tagged chiral molecules, DNA, double helix, enantiomers, mirror life, science journalism, scientific illustration
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