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'Unprecedented risk': Scientists call for halt on 'mirror life' research
- gnabgib 2y agoDiscussion (32 points, 8 hours ago, 12 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42403886 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42403886
- DemocracyFTW2 2y ago> mirror microbes could make bioproduction facilities, which use bugs to churn out chemicals, more resistant to contamination That does sound like a good plot starter for the Alien franchise—first they were on a quest to synthesize smoked salmon without risking to have the batch get infested in the bioreactor, then the sludge somehow escaped and wiped out life on the planet.