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Re: Celestial navigation is alive and well...
From: Paul Dolkas
Date: 2025 Jul 8, 00:52 +0000
From: Paul Dolkas
Date: 2025 Jul 8, 00:52 +0000
It’s how they manage the 249 tables that has me curious…
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Subject: [NavList] Celestial navigation is alive and well...
Celestial navigation is alive and well...
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2025 Jul 7, 17:14 -0700
...among moths in Australia. Here's an article in "Nature" about some recent moth navigation research:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09135-3.
Now I really want to capture a moth and glue a tiny sextant on its head. Come to think of it, a GPS receiver could probably be smaller... It may be time to bring the
Civilization of the Moths into the 21st century!
Frank Reed
