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Today’s TED Talk – Jim Al-Khalili: How quantum biology might explain life’s biggest questions

August 24, 2015 /

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How does a robin know to fly south? The answer might be weirder than you think: Quantum physics may be involved. Jim Al-Khalili rounds up the extremely new, extremely strange world of quantum biology, where something Einstein once called "spooky action at a distance" helps birds navigate, and quantum effects might explain the origin of life itself.

Video: http://www.ted.com/talks/jim_al_khalili_how_quantum_biology_might_explain_life_s_biggest_questions?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button__2015-08-24