Reply to comment The words quantum physics are usually
associated with the weirder end of physics, including strange
phenomena like superposition or quantum entanglement, the
"spooky action at a distance" as Einstein called it. But it
turns out that quantum mechanical processes occur in living
systems too. Some species of birds use quantum mechanics to
navigate and studying how they do it might actually help us with
building quantum computers. Plus spoke to the physicists Simon
Benjamin and Erik Gauger at the conference Quantum Physics and
the Nature of Reality at the University of Oxford to find out
more. You can also read the accompanying article for this
podcast. And you can learn more about quantum mechanics from
Simon Benjamin Caging Schrödinger's Cat, his series of audio and
video podcasts about quantum nanotechnology.