Grave warnings have been issued about the dangers of creating life forms using mirror-image molecules. How worried should we be?

A research team based in Bochum and Mülheim is using a new type of salt to specifically produce one of two possible ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

"The Mirror," a poem by Sylvia Plath, is about a woman looking in the mirror and evaluating the image she sees there. In the poem, Plath explores the mirror image as a doorway to the unconscious ...

Not so fast. We prop up the hand-held mirror, snap a photo and check the results. The molding on the wall of the conference room reflects oddly in the image. OK, try again. But this time ...

Although synthetic biology labs have toyed with the possibility of building mirror bacteria, scientists have opted to ditch the idea because of the potentially catastrophic consequences ...

You’re probably familiar with the concept of handedness—a glove made for your left hand looks basically like the one for your right hand, but won’t fit—it’s a mirror image. Many of life’s important ...