Great way to get kids doing science from their computers.

“Cows have magnetic sense, Google Earth images indicate”

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-cows26-2008aug26,0,3764260.story

Cows that are grazing or resting tend to orient themselves in a North – South direction. Scholars at the University of Duisburg Essen spent time studying Google Earth and noticed that two out of every three animals standing in fields were pointing towards magnetic north.

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