The Robin's Quantum Compass

2 cards. Each one is a 40-second story with a five-minute read behind it.

1. How sea turtles use the Earth's magnetic field as a GPSSea turtles navigate thousands of kilometers across open oceans to reach specific foraging and breeding grounds. While their movements seem aimless, they actually rely on a sophis…
2. Can a computer simulate the pulse of a virus?Klaus Schulten pioneered the use of supercomputers as a "computational microscope." By modeling millions of atoms, he revealed that viruses—which appear symmetrical in still photo…

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