# Joseph Kirschvink
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Joseph L. Kirschvink (born 1953) is an American geologist and geophysicist. He is the Nico and Marilyn Van Wingen Professor of Geobiology at Caltech, known for contributions to paleomagnetism and biomagnetism (discovery of the first magnetofossils) and the Snowball Earth hypothesis. He is also Principal Investigator (PI) of Earth–Life Science Institute.
How Do Animals Keep from Getting Lost?
A huge variety of animals seem capable of reading Earth’s geomagnetic field. The question is how they do it.
Every three years, the Royal Institute of Navigation organizes a conference focused solely on animals. This April, the event was held southwest of London, at Royal Holloway College, whose …
Caltech Research Opportunities
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Caltech Research Opportunities
Like the majority of Techers, Karsyn and Harrison have had the opportunity to participate in Caltech's world-class Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF).
You can learn more about our undergraduate research opportunities here: http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/content/research
Attributio…
Caltech Research Opportunities
Like the majority of Techers, Karsyn and Harrison have had the opportunity to participate in Caltech's world-class Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF).
You can learn more about our undergraduate research opportunities here: http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/content/research
Attributio…
340. Discovering The True Potential of Human Senses feat. Jackie Higgins
What if we haven’t unlocked the true potential of our senses because we simply don't pay enough attention to them?
Writer and filmmaker Jackie Higgins explores human senses by comparing them to their animal counterparts in her book Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses. …
#004 The Snowball Earth
In this episode, we delve into one of the most dramatic and enigmatic periods in Earth's history: the Snowball Earth. This hypothesis proposes that our planet was entirely encased in ice during multiple episodes within the Proterozoic eon. We explore the compelling geological and geochemical evid…
Cypress Isis and the Buddha of the Basin
In our last broadcast, we unmasked the cold, sterile grids of the digital panopticon—a system engineered to trap human consciousness in a perpetual loop of panic. But the billionaire class didn't create this architecture. They merely built a parasitic, synthetic copy of an ancient, organic network …
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