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"Magnetic Cells" Isolated For First Time

Posted by Unknown on from the designer-babies-with-builtin-compasses dept.

sciencehabit writes "For the first time, researchers have isolated magnetic cells in an animal. The cells--found in this case in rainbow trout--may help the fish respond to Earth's magnetic fields, allowing it to find its way home after spending 3 years at sea and traveling up to 300 kilometers away. The advance may help researchers get to the root of magnetic sensing in a variety of creatures, including birds."

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  1. Re:In Humans by Cosgrach · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, there is no difference between Miller and Miller Light - they both taste like piss. Or, at least what I would imagine piss to taste like.

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    Why is it that most of the people that I encounter seem to have been shat from the Sphincter of Mediocrity?
  2. I could have told them that. by trout007 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We trouts have an excellent sense of direction.

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