Weird Quantum Phenomena Explained

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 18, 2015

Johnjoe McFadden, professor of molecular genetics at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom and co-author of Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology (Crown, 2015), discusses how weird quantum phenomena may explain some of biology's most enduring mysteries, like how birds navigate around the globe, how plants capture energy and how our genes copy themselves with such precision.

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