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Annual Conference of Dowsers on Animal Navigation

Posted on 15 December 2015 by Richard Nissen

In September 2015 I was asked to give a workshop at the Annual Conference of Dowsers on Animal Navigation. Of course I talked about how animals, including birds, navigate and all the outstanding questions that remain on how they do … Continue reading →

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Universal Consciousness

Posted on 27 April 2015 by Richard Nissen

On 30th March 2015, Richard Silberstein gave a presentation to the Science Medical Network on “Universal Consciousness”: Mystics of various religious and spiritual traditions have, on occasion, described a mystical realisation as that of the entire universe’s conscious. In this talk, he described some … Continue reading →

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Another description of how animal navigation might work

Posted on 23 December 2014 by Richard Nissen

In a recent address to RIN Dr Kate Jeffery of the Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience at University College London described a very complete structure for understanding animal navigation. See http://animalnav.org/navigation-networks-in-the-brain/ We at www.animalnav.org have been struggling with exactly these concerns. … Continue reading →

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Summary of ideas Spring 2014

Posted on 4 June 2014 by Richard Nissen

Intro I have put together this article to spell out some of the thinking that I have come across recently.  A lot is highly contentious (such as Torsion waves) but as we struggle to understand how animals (and humans) navigate … Continue reading →

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Understanding the Sami people and how they navigated by our Deputy Editor Kerstin Williams

Posted on 28 October 2013 by Richard Nissen

Editor’s comments: Please find this extract talking about the Sami, the ancient aborigine people of Northern Sweden, Finland etc.  We have sometimes called them Lapps see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people This extract comes from a book about the ancient lifestyle of these people and has been translated … Continue reading →

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Animal navigation is one of the great mysteries

Posted on 1 October 2012 by Richard Nissen

This site has been created to share information and invite you to contribute in order to see if we can find out how animals and humans navigate without aids. There has been a lot of academic work in this field … Continue reading →

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A Sense of Direction – some more examples

Posted on 8 August 2012 by Richard Nissen

I hold the view that animals, the ancient peoples and the Aborigines navigate perfectly well without compasses. This we often call a sense of direction. People with a sense of direction very seldom get lost even on dark nights even in … Continue reading →

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