Magnetic cow findings cause row among Google Earth researchers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes, scientists hard at work in their field, come across findings that they cannot explain, and instead of simply writing a paper describing what theyve seen, they instead choose to write a paper describing what they think their observations have shown. Case in point, back in 2008, a group of guys with Biology and wildlife backgrounds were apparently sitting around looking at pictures taken by Google Earth, when they noticed that there seemed to be a pattern in the way some cows in a pasture aligned themselves. After looking at more pictures, a larger pattern began to emerge. Oddly enough, the cows seemed to be aligning themselves with the Earths magnetic field lines. The group, led by Hynek Burda wrote up a paper describing what theyd found and had it published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Later, the team did additional research and found...