[BONUS] Why we experience altitude sickness and a chirality mystery: Tiny Show and Tell Us #11

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In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we cover why your body feels so ‘off’ at high altitudes and how we’ve evolved not to detect low oxygen levels but high amounts of carbon dioxide. Then we unpack the confusing world of molecule chirality — what it is, why it matters, and how we evolved to only have ‘left-handed’ amino acids but ‘right-handed’ DNA and RNA.
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1. [BONUS] Why we experience altitude sickness and a chirality mystery: Tiny Show and Tell Us #11 (00:00:00)

2. What causes altitude sickness? And what can help? (00:00:44)

3. Chiral molecules: Why are amino acids always 'left-handed'? (00:06:50)