Until a century or so ago, nobody had any idea that there even was such a thing as quantum physics. But while humans operated for millennia in quantum darkness, it seems that plants, bacteria and birds may have been in the know all along.
GOING FOR A SPIN | Studies suggest that migrating birds exploit quantum effects in their visual systems to sense magnetic fields.
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