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PBS Space Time S2025E15 — How Did SPACE Shape Your DNA?

How Did SPACE Shape Your DNA?

Jul 17, 202520 min
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The molecular basis of all life is mysteriously asymmetric, only using molecules on one side of what should be the equivalent mirrored pairs. The universe has a similar mirror asymmetry, and it may be that our very DNA inherited its twist from the underlying handedness

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Matthew O’Dowd

Matthew O’Dowd

Self - Host

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Episode Summary

"How Did SPACE Shape Your DNA?" is episode 15 of PBS Space Time season 2025. It aired on July 17, 2025.