Nature.

I didn't know yet.

Why is blight so far?

Like, it sounds so simple.

They had no idea.

But now the data's people.

I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding.

Nature. Hello and welcome to the Nature podcast, where this week we're delving into the hot new field of single cell biology.

It's a bit like a fruit salad.

Hmm, tasty.

We'll also be hearing how studying tiny shells the size of sand grains is helping us understand sea level rise.

This is the nature podcast for July 6th, 2017.

I'm Charlotte Stoddart.

And I'm Charmany Bundell.

First this week, reporter Anna and Jagatir finds out how researchers are taking quantum computing to the next level.

Move over Q bits, get ready for Q dits with a D, a new kind of quantum bit that can store even more information.

But first, a reminder of how information is stored in Q bits.

Unlike classical bits which store information as either zeros or ones, Q bits can exist as both zero and one at the same time,

a property called superposition.

I've never really understood how this is possible,

but physicist Michael Kuse from the National Scientific Research Institute in Canada

told me it's a bit like flipping a coin. So you can think of like a coin which has heads and tails, right?

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