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reply by Bassetto et al
A statistical analysis of magnetic field effects reported by Gegear et al for migratory monarch butterflies was performed. Our conclusion was that there is no evidence in Gegear et al. 4 to support such a contention. The data for the naive and trained groups of flies in the synthetic dataset are highly significant different by…
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An atomic clock is aboard a naval ship
Researchers have developed a high-Performance Optical Atomic Clock, VIPER, to help accurately characterise the Earth’s magnetic field. The research, conducted by the US’ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has shown it to be more reliable than the hydrogen maser clock. The global Navigation Satellite System (GNS) has a network of high-performance microwave-based…