iwanttoseeleaf tag at the Vorg blog http://vorg.ca/tag/iwanttoseeleaf All items Copyright 2001-2004 by their respective authors en-us http://vorg.ca/3115-Sometimes-People-Are-Smart this idea.

The gist is that self-organized molecules (ie: life) will build themselves in a single chirality (organic molecules can exist in two mirror images, chirality is the term to distinguish them; think your right and left hands). Light that reflects from organics will contain a tell-tale signature (polarization) depending on the chirality. This could be used to detect evidence of "life" on other planets. Clever.]]> http://vorg.ca/3115-Sometimes-People-Are-Smart vinny9 space life iwanttoseeleaf 2009-04-24T12:01:44-04:00 http://vorg.ca/3115-Sometimes-People-Are-Smart#replies