http://clipmarks.com/clipper/vk2yoc/date/2008/5/5/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/vk2yoc/date/2008/5/5/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/70A246D7-A0FE-48F2-A168-821FCBAED911/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/vk2yoc/">vk2yoc</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Personally, I think they carry GPS. <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/05/birds-quantum-m.html" title="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/05/birds-quantum-m.html">www.dailygalaxy.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H3>Quantum Vision Lets Birds See the Magnetic Field</H3></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/vk2yoc/512/5C150A65-C065-4DC3-85CB-0C0D7357584C.jpg" alt="Magneticvisionbird_2" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Birds' ability to navigate huge distances while migrating has always been a source of natural wonder, and totally sweet long panning shots for nature documentaries.&nbsp; But now it seems that the avian autopilot is of interest to science, and possibly the X-Men - because the birds might have QUANTUM <SPAN class=misspell id=qnu10>MAGNO</SPAN>-VISION</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> He argues that when the blue photon triggers the creation of radical-ion pairs, the orientation of the exchanged electrons are affected by the Earth's magnetic field</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">quantum craziness - the Quantum Zeno effect.&nbsp; The very fact that the pair separation is constantly being checked by the bird prevents it from recombining as quickly as normal.&nbsp; This is a known quantum effect, an utterly scientific version of "a watched pot never boils"</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">It's like driving the family car, but every time a kid asks "Are we there yet?" you get <SPAN class=misspell id=qnu113>teleported</SPAN> back to where you started.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">exactly the effect used in the very latest atomic magnetometers</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;"></div>http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/05/birds-quantum-m.htmlMon, 05 May 2008 07:51:08 GMT