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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 24/03/2025

🧭🧠 How insects do trigonometry to find their way A new study shows how insect brains might calculate the sun’s position using internal clocks and trigonometric circuits. Could this unlock solar-based navigation for future robots? 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414... #SciComm #Insects 🧪

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Spatiotemporal computations in the insect celestial compass - Nature Communications

Insects use the sun for navigation, compensating for its movement throughout the day; a process that remains poorly understood. This study proposes a model of how oscillatory signals of clock neurons ...

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