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How quantum biology might explain life's biggest questions

Jim Al-Khalili · TED

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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.

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobalLondon
Speaker
Jim Al-Khalili
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Biology
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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