The magnetic compass that birds use for orientation is affected by polarised light. This previously unknown phenomenon was discovered by researchers at Lund University in Sweden.
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2016
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Searching for the precise, complexly folded three-dimensional structure of a protein can be like hacking through a jungle without a map: a long, intensive process with uncertain direction. University of Illinois researchers ...
Biochemistry
Oct 15, 2015
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Marketers often use positive emotions such as hope, pride, love, and compassion interchangeably to encourage people to donate to charitable causes. But these distinct emotions can lead to different results, and love alone ...
Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2015
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Imagine yourself swimming in the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic. The color blue dominates this part of the world - there's nothing to see but a vast expanse of water and sky in all directions. The winds are calm. The water ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 11, 2015
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Each year, the Arctic Tern travels over 40,000 miles, migrating nearly from pole to pole and back again. Other birds make similar (though shorter) journeys in search of warmer climes. How do these birds manage to traverse ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2015
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Countries with higher levels of compassion and openness score better when it comes to environmental sustainability, says research from the University of Toronto.
Environment
Oct 23, 2014
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Each fall millions of monarch butterflies use a sophisticated navigation system to transverse 2,000 miles from breeding sites across the eastern United States to an overwintering habitat in specific groves of fir trees in ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 24, 2014
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Radio waves disrupt the magnetic "compass" in robins, according to a study published on Wednesday that is likely to fuel debate about the safety of electronic devices.
Plants & Animals
May 7, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers working in Hungary has proposed that a sun compass artifact found in a convent in 1948 might have been used in conjunction with crystals to allow Vikings to guide their boats even at night. ...
Earth's magnetic field is continuously changing.
Earth Sciences
Nov 26, 2013
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