Robert H. gets a no-prize that's far more sophisticated than anyone else imagined for bringing us news that plant photosynthesis may in fact represent the oldest instantiation of a quantum computer. The money quote:

"We always thought of it as hopping through the system, the same way that you or I might run through a maze of bushes," Engel explains. "But, instead of coming to an intersection and going left or right, it can actually go in both directions at once and explore many different paths most efficiently."

Just when you'd thought nature had run out of surprises!