They will have the same chirality, if they exist. It seems inordinately, maddening, if no other life exits, however, maybe if we don't (assuming there's still a human species) find bacterial life in 100 years, our descendants, will give up. Best guess? A AI probe to centauri and barnards star. If sophisticated scans prove zippo, the natural thing to do is to turn inward. For everyone but astronomy AI's, the stars will just be little lights in the skies. The universe, an empty darkness. -----Original Message----- From: LizR <[email protected]> To: everything-list <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Sep 27, 2014 3:33 am Subject: Handedness of biochemicals may have an origin in the weak nuclear force
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/weak-nuclear-force-shown-to-give-asymmetry-to-biochemistry-of-life/ This possibly implies that most life in the universe may have similar chirality...? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
