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Does particle spin affect life on Earth?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Is There a Connection Between Quantum Particle Spin and the Handedness of Life?

There is a plausible mechanism for connecting the preference of the weak force to produce left-handed particles and life selecting for this kind of corality. It's not something we've proven but it comes down to particles from space right cosmic rays are these particles that hit the earth at very very high speeds. They're just normal particles protons electrons positrons sometimes they hit the top of the atmosphere and they create a big shower of particles because a particle hits the atmosphere sort of like a meteor hitting the atmosphere.

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