Can Dogs Detect the Earth's Magnetic Field and Use it to Navigate?
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We already know that dogs have amazing noses, but it seems they can also use magnetoreception to help them find their way. Photo…
We already know that dogs have amazing noses, but it seems they can also use magnetoreception to help them find their way. Photo…
Dogs have a tendency to preface their bowel movements with a bit of rotating before getting down to business. Is there…
Desde hace más de 50 años, numerosas investigaciones han demostrado que muchos animales son capaces de percibir los campos magnét…
Man's best friend has been with us for millennia, but we're still learning new things.
As dogs navigate, they appear to be using the Earth's magnetic fields.170 dogs orient themselves to north and south as they…
Собачья навигация была черным ящиком для исследователей. То, как они находят дорогу с места на место, часто на большие расстояния…
Man's best friend is even more awesome than we knew.
<img src="https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dogz0.jpg" alt="Эксперименты подтвердили способность собак ориентир…
How’s this for “important” news? Dogs use the Earth’s magnetic field when relieving themselves. Not only that, but they do so…
강아지가 똥을 싸기 전에 도는 이유는? 반려동물로 강아지를 키우는 사람이라면 주제의 상황을 자주 목격할 수 있습니다. 그래서 강아지가 똥을 싸고 싶어한다는 것도 예상할 수 있는데, 강아지는 똥을 싸기 전에 왜 빙글빙글 도는 걸까요…
The other night I was playing volleyball and, during a team huddle, made a joke that the only players working hard were those…
Plants and…
Researchers gathered data over two years by following 70 different dogs, from 37 different breeds, as they... defecated and…
It was a big year for robot penguins, snake penises, and space exploration. Sadly not all at the same time.
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Follow-up post where I share a list and chart of 2014 Top 25 Paywalled and Top 25 Open Access Outputs in the 2014 Altmetric…
A paper revealing Facebook’s secret experiments on users received more online attention than any other scientific paper…
18 września już po raz 24 odbyła się ceremonia wręczenia nagród IgNobel. Jak co roku konkurencja była ostra, ale lista laureatów…
18 września już po raz 24 odbyła się ceremonia wręczenia nagród IgNobel. Jak co roku konkurencja była ostra, ale lista laureatów…
The post "Proof that academia is teeming with humour, wit… and general oddness" originally appeared on Academia Obscura. This…
The Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate “research that first makes people laugh, and then makes them think”, were awarded in a…
The Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate “research that first makes people laugh, and then makes them think”, were awarded in a…
The annual Ig Nobel Prizes honor science that "makes you laugh, then makes you think." It recognizes the quirky, silly…
Sie heißen hierzulande “Spaß-Nobelpreise” und wurden Ende letzter Woche wieder verliehen: die Ig-Nobel-Preise. Eine Gelegenheit…
La semana pasada se concedieron los premios Ig Nobel (ya sabéis, los que premian investigaciones curiosas y divertidas). Uno de…
Auch in dieser Woche machen wir uns auf die Suche nach speziellen Papern aller Art und sind natürlich auf dem Schrottplatz…
Last night, scientists from around the world gathered at Harvard's iconic Sanders Theatre for the "24rd First Annual" Ig Nobel…
As I often wonder when I read these "studies," how the hell does anyone think up this stuff?Via The Conversation:Ig Nobel…
Here, Nobel-winning economist Eric Maskin delivers a 24/7 lecture, in which he explains his research in 24 seconds, then in…
Here, Nobel-winning economist Eric Maskin delivers a 24/7 lecture, in which he explains his research in 24 seconds, then in…
Body orientation in dogs from Hart et al. Frontiers in Zoology…
The 2014 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded on Thursday night, September 18th, 2014 at the 24th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony…
What have dogs ever done for us? Humans and dogs have a long history of co-existence and companionship, and our four-legged…
By Teddem Yee Published: March 15th, 2014 Unless there's something they're not telling us, animals don't actually…
Científicos de la Universidad de Ciencias de la Vida enPraga hallaron una forma de probar que los perros son sensibles al ca…
Here’s a paper that’s been getting a lot of press lately and which illustrates some common problems with scientific studies…
Hay ciertas noticias de ciencia que tienen “éxito mediático” escrito en su ADN. Historias que son ridículas pero a la vez…
Hay ciertas noticias de ciencia que tienen “éxito mediático” escrito en su ADN. Historias que son ridículas pero a la vez…
Ready, aim, fire.The scientific life is not as glamorous as its propaganda would have you believe. It isn’t all jetting from…
Jenny Ricken / Univ. of Duisberg-Essen via AFP – Getty…
The Christian Science Monitor and lots of other news outlets inform about a seemingly crackpot-sounding yet fascinating Czech-Ger…
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Lots of organisms, from bacteria to deer, can sense magnetic fields. It's an ability known as magnetoception. Birds and bats…
It’s been a big year on the science front, and that means taking stock: PBS science correspondent Miles O’Brien has a video…
Der beste Freund des Menschen, der Hund, ist bekannt für sein ausgezeichnetes Hörvermögen und seinen feinen Geruchssinn. Neu…
Der beste Freund des Menschen, der Hund, ist bekannt für sein ausgezeichnetes Hörvermögen und seinen feinen Geruchssinn. Neu…
A recent study supports the conclusion that dogs line up with the Earth's magnetic field to poop and to pee. The data show not…
Ever wonder why dogs need to get themselves into just the right position to do their business? As it turns out, dogs align…
Dogs seem to do their business wherever they feel like it, sometimes in very unfortunate places like neighbors' yards and kids…
Scientific report here. News story here.
A paper in Frontiers in Zoology claims that dogs can sense the Earth's magnetic field, and preferentially align to it when…
(Pic: dogs.thefuntimesguide.com) It’s official. Dogs poop and wee in non-random directions, taking their cue from the Earth’s…
Dogs seem to have an awful lot of ritual before hunkering down and soiling the sidewalk. It’s not uncommon to see a dog owner—pla…
This study gathered and assessed evidence of the possible effects of the Earth’s magnetic field on the tangible output of dogs: …