David Copperfield’s Magic on the Moon, Fish and Whale Tails, a Giant Magnetic Tunnel
Learn about where to find David Copperfield’s secrets; a magnetic tunnel surrounding the Earth; and marine mammal tails.
January 06, 2022
More from David Copperfield:
- Pick up “David Copperfield’s History of Magic”: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/David-Copperfields-History-of-Magic/David-Copperfield/9781982112912
- Website: https://www.davidcopperfield.com/
- Follow @D_Copperfield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/D_Copperfield
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidcopperfield
Earth may be surrounded by a giant magnetic tunnel by Briana Brownell
- Starr, M. (2021). Wild New Paper Claims Earth May Be Surrounded by a Giant Magnetic Tunnel. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-may-be-surrounded-by-a-giant-magnetic-tunnel
- Dunlap Astronomer discovers we may be surrounded by tunnel-like structure – Dunlap Institute. (2021). Dunlap Institute. http://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/astronomer-discovers-tunnel-like-structure-may-surround-earth/
- What — and Where — Is the North Polar Spur? (2021, March 8). Sky & Telescope. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/what-and-where-is-the-north-polar-spur/
- S.;Landecker, A. (2017). The Fan Region at 1.5 GHz with GMIMS: Polarized synchrotron emission tracing Galactic structure. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #229, 229, 340.05. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AAS…22934005H/abstract
Why do marine mammals have horizontal tails and fishes have vertical tails? (Listener question from Raymond in Norwalk, California) — more from zoologist Michelle Jewell:
- The Spawn of El Diablo on Discovery+: https://www.discoveryplus.com/video/the-spawn-of-el-diablo-us/the-spawn-of-el-diablo
- Michelle’s website: https://michelleajewell.com/
- Follow @TheSharkologist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSharkologist
Join Cody and Ashley during their CES Virtual Stage Talks at #CES2022, the Consumer Electronics Show, via livestream:
- Thursday, January 6, 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET: Digital Optics and the Metaverse https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6874433397352128512/
- Thursday, January 6, 12:00pm PT / 3:00pm ET: Data as a Game Changer for Manufacturing Excellence https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6874112904824717312/
- Thursday, January 6, 2:30pm PT / 5:30pm ET: Bioelectronics and individualized medicine https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6876284351219339264/
- Friday, January 7, 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET: The Race to the Future Computing Paradigm https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6873796556617781248/
- Friday, January 7, 12:00pm PT / 3:00pm ET: Smart Antenna Satellite Broadband Connectivity https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6874504071500349440/
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