Content tagged "magnetoreception"

Posted by Michael Greshko S.M., Science Writing, 2015
Topics: biology, magnetic field, magnetoreception, pathological science, reproducibility, robin baker, Science Writing, scientific method, senses

There and Back Again?: Reproducibility and the Hunt for a Human Compass Sense

How biologist Robin Baker’s search for a human magnetic homing sense illustrates the necessity of reproducibility in science and underscores science’s messy realities.