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| MLA Full: | "Mirror Bacteria Could Destroy All Life As We Know It." YouTube, uploaded by SciShow, 19 November 2025, www.youtube.com/watch?v=r78H2JqD_eo. |
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SciShow, "Mirror Bacteria Could Destroy All Life As We Know It.", November 19, 2025, YouTube, 08:15, https://youtube.com/watch?v=r78H2JqD_eo. |
In December 2024, 38 scientists teamed up to issue a warning about a potential upcoming global catastrophe. The cause? Mirror bacteria. No, these aren't bacteria with tiny goatees from an evil Star Trek universe, but if scientists ever do manage to make them, we might find ourselves living in a disaster movie.
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