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Today you\u2019ll learn about a gizmo that can repel sharks and potentially bring them back from the brink of extinction, how our brains\u2019 internal compasses work, and how scientists learn about the sleeping habits of seals.\xa0

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/shark-repellant-brain-internal-compass-sleeping-seals

Shark Repellant\xa0

• \u201cThese devices use an electric field to scare sharks from fishing hooks.\u201d by Darren Incorvaia. 2022.
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/device-electric-field-scare-sharks-fishing-hooks

Brain Internal Compass

• \u201cHow the brain's 'internal compass' works\u201d by McGill
  • https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/how-brains-internal-compass-works-347094
• \u201cPopulation dynamics of head-direction neurons during drift and reorientation\u201d by Zaki Ajabi et al.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05813-2

Sleeping Seals\xa0\xa0

• \u201cSeals snooze during 20-minute \u2018sleeping dives\u2019 to avoid predators.\u201d by Jocelyn Solis-Moreira. 2023.
  • https://www.popsci.com/environment/seals-sleep-swimming/

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