Birds Are Quantum Physicists

On today’s episode: Scientists tracked the 20 year journey of a mammoth that lived 14,000 years ago! How do migrating birds know where they’re going? Quantum mechanics! All that and more today on All Around Science... RESOURCES New study tracks a mammoth’s travels across Alaska Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird | Nature How quantum mechanics help birds find their way How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate | Scientific American Magnetic field effects on plant growth, development, and evolution Cryptochrome-mediated light responses in plants - PMC Magnetic bones in human sinuses The magnetite-based receptors in the beak of birds and their role in avian navigation - PMC European Robin - Erithacus rubecula - Birds of the World Cryptochromes in mammals: a magnetoreception misconception? - PMC Electromagnetic noise leaves birds lost in migration, study reports Interaction of magnetite-based receptors in the beak with the visual system underlying 'fixed direction' responses in birds | Frontiers in Zoology THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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