Quantum Biology - The Hidden Nature of Nature

Explore the fascinating intersection of quantum physics and biology in this thought-provoking conference talk from the World Science Festival. Delve into how quantum mechanics may explain phenomena like bird navigation, photosynthesis, and our sense of smell. Join leading experts in quantum biology as they discuss the potential role of subatomic rules in the visible world and their implications for solving the energy crisis and developing quantum computers. Learn about the convergence of biology and quantum physics, the counterintuitive nature of quantum mechanics, and how nature might possess a quantum sense. Discover the quantum aspects of bird migration, photosynthesis, and bacterial behavior. Examine the key experiments supporting quantum biology theories and ponder the challenges of determining causality when scientific fields converge. Reflect on the mysteries surrounding the origins of life and how replication and variation might be fundamental to its beginning.

John Hockenberry's introduction
Participant Introductions
How is there a convergence between biology and the quantum?
Are particles in two places at once or is this based just on observations?
Are biological states creating a unique quantum rules?
Quantum mechanics is so counterintuitive.
Can nature have a quantum sense?
The quantum migration of birds... With bird brains?
Electron spin and magnetic fields.
Cryptochrome releases particles with spin and the bird knows where to go.
How is bird migration an example for evolution?
photosynthesis and quantum phenomena.
Bacteria doing quantum search.
Is quantum tunneling the key to quantum biology?
What are the experiments that prove this?
When fields converge how do you determine causality?
We have no idea how life began.
Replication leads to variation which is the beginning of life?