Ever wonder why we have a mirror image body? In the 25 years of Thomas G. Mason's research he has found that the an individual's body like our hands are chiral and they only favor one side leaving the name of our hands to be known as chiral. In this study Mason concludes "that physical entropic forces are acting on uniform achiral particles". Achiral meaning they are like a triangle versus mirroring imaging.
For more information read more at:
http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2012/05/09/ucla_scientists_unlock_mystery_of_how_handedness_arises.html
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