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Pigeons navigate using iron-rich immune cells as compasses
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2026-06-02 19:01:37
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Macrophages — the same immune cells that fight infections in your body — are magnetic field sensors in pigeons. This suggests magnetic sensing is not a specialized organ but a common cell type pressed into service. Could humans have the same cells without realizing it?
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