Re: enantiomorphs

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Aug 20 1999 - 10:32:20 MDT


>>SW BULLETIN - August 18, 1999
>>---------------------------------------------
>>Today's News in the Sciences:

>>The author suggests that
>>one consequence of this hypothesis is that if carbon-based life
>>exists on extrasolar planets, a biochemistry based on D- amino
>>acids could well be the rule. (AS SW)

No shit, Sherlock. It's always delicious to see some eager beaver scientist
pop up out of the grass with a bold new insight that was a commonplace in
`mere science fiction' 40 or 50 years ago.

BTW, would it be feasible, Larry, to remove the irritating chevrons before
you re-post these useful snippets?

Damien Broderick



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