Google Earth shows that cow and deer herds align like compass needles(nationalgeographic.com)
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Google Earth shows that cow and deer herds align like compass needles
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2008/08/25/google-earth-shows-that-cow-and-deer-herds-align-like-compass-needles/
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How is there not a single picture of the phenomenon in the article!? We get two junk stock images instead.
> One slightly leftfield possibility is that keeping magnetic fields in symmetry about the axis of your body could affect certain bodily processes. There are tantalising bits of evidence to back this up – in humans, the time it takes to drift into REM sleep and the electrical activity in the brain differs depending on whether we’re facing a north-south direction or an east-west one.
I hadn't heard about this before but this sounds interesting. I wonder much of an effect it has on sleep.
I hadn't heard about this before but this sounds interesting. I wonder much of an effect it has on sleep.
Might be a reference to this publication, they recommend North-South over the rest. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280093617_The_Relat...
Maybe related: “Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields disrupt magnetic alignment of ruminants” (https://www.pnas.org/content/106/14/5708) from PNAS in 2009.
For the ancient philosophy of vastu shastra humans should sleep with their heads at south and feet towards north for best alignment with earth magnetic forces...
2008
"Now, it’s time for others to follow up on her results."
More than 10 years later, does science work? Or is it broken?
This is not a small thing, if it was real, which seems unlikely, perhaps there's similar in humans....
"Now, it’s time for others to follow up on her results."
More than 10 years later, does science work? Or is it broken?
This is not a small thing, if it was real, which seems unlikely, perhaps there's similar in humans....