How to study magnetoreception: from the origins of life to space research

Professor Dr. Hervé Cadiou works at the University of Strasbourg on the problem of magnetoreception, or the ability of organisms to sense magnetic fields.
This is such a big topic that we make two episodes on magnetoreception.

In the first episode Professor Cadiou explains how the nervous system transfers stimuli of the enviroment into senses.
And this episode is about research methods in his project. Professor Cadiou uses a wide range of methods to prove magnetoreception in animals.
Sometimes to understand biological mechanisms of the animals living on Earth you need to look back at the origins of life or even leave the planet.

This episode may be useful not only for those who want to understand things around us but also for the people who would like to know how to do it.

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P.S. Professor Cadiou is a painter also.

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Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:09 The two mechanisms of magnetoreception
00:05:54 Looking for magnetite: the traditional approach
00:07:10 Lighting up planaria with a synchrotron
00:11:31 The European Synchrotron Research Facility
00:14:00 Striking magnetosensitive iron
00:18:06 The pressure to publish results
00:20:34 Genes and magnetoreception
00:23:54 How bacteria make magnetic nanoparticles
00:27:32 The costs and benefits of making iron
00:30:10 Did life start on Mars?
00:39:13 Space-traveling life
00:40:08 Are plants intelligent?
00:43:06 Does free will exist
00:48:03 Science and science fiction
00:50:21 How does leaving Earth affect astronauts?
00:59:19 Reach Mars in 40 days
01:01:20 Plants and hibernation in the space age
01:05:46 Does life need a magnetic field?
01:07:28 Outro