A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain

🕊️🧲 A new study from the David Keays lab demonstrates light-independent, magnetically induced bilateral neuronal activation in two key brain regions of pigeons: 🔹 Medial vestibular nuclei🔹 Caudal m…

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NYC Tourism on Instagram: "If you know where to look in Central Park, you can touch a piece of NYC’s civil engineering history.⁠ ⁠ It’s one of the last remaining survey bolts from John Randel Jr.’s Commissioners’ Plan of 1811, which laid out the original plan for Manhattan’s street grid above* 14th Street.⁠ ⁠ Randel hammered hundreds of these throughout Manhattan where possible street intersections would be. ⁠ ⁠ *New Yorkers use “above” and “below” as directionals when referring to Manhattan streets, rather than “north” or “south,” because the island of Manhattan is not aligned exactly north-south on the map—it’s tilted slightly along a northeast–southwest line.⁠ ⁠ About this series: @foundedbynyc Object Lessons explores historically significant and/or groundbreaking items that tourists can see when they visit.⁠ It’s part of NYC Tourism’s commemoration of New York City’s 400th anniversary this year. #NYC400⁠ ⁠ Video description: This POV video is shot on a rocky hillside in Central Park, with host John Friia sitting on a large exposed patch of Manhattan schist with an iron spike hammered into it."

5,763 likes, 55 comments - nyctourism on April 28, 2025: "If you know where to look in Central Park, you can touch a piece of NYC’s civil engineering history.⁠ ⁠ It’s one of the last remaining survey bolts from John Randel Jr.’s Commissioners’ Plan of 1811, which laid out the original plan for Manhattan’s street grid above* 14th Street.⁠ ⁠ Randel hammered hundreds of these throughout Manhattan where possible street intersections would be. ⁠ ⁠ *New Yorkers use “above” and “below” as directionals when referring to Manhattan streets, rather than “north” or “south,” because the island of Manhattan is not aligned exactly north-south on the map—it’s tilted slightly along a northeast–southwest line.⁠ ⁠ About this series: @foundedbynyc Object Lessons explores historically significant and/or groundbreaking items that tourists can see when they visit.⁠ It’s part of NYC Tourism’s commemoration of New York City’s 400th anniversary this year. #NYC400⁠ ⁠ Video description: This POV video is shot on a rocky hillside in Central Park, with host John Friia sitting on a large exposed patch of Manhattan schist with an iron spike hammered into it.".

Sea Turtles Dance to Orientate With Earth's Magnetic Field, Study Reveals

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their favorite spots, scientists said Wednesday.

Do Cows Really Align With The Electromagnetic Field Of The Earth?

In 2008, researchers viewed satellite images of cows grazing and found something a little unexpected.

How evolution has optimized the magnetic sensor in birds

Migratory birds are able to navigate and orientate with astonishing accuracy using various mechanisms, including a magnetic compass. A team led by biologists Dr. Corinna Langebrake and Prof. Dr. Miriam Liedvogel from the University of Oldenburg and the Institute of Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland" in Wilhelmshaven has now compared the genomes of several hundred bird species and found further evidence that a specific protein in the birds' eyes is the magnetoreceptor which underlies this process.

Migratory bats can detect the Earth’s magnetic field

Migratory bats can detect the Earth’s magnetic field