A reproducible model for magnetosensitivity: earthworms in transparent soil reduce their cumulative movement in extremely weak magnetic field

The magnetic sense remains one of the mysteries of sensory biology. Despite fifty years of extensive research, science seems to be at a standstill. One of the major factors contributing to this scientific stasis is the lack of simple, reproducible model systems. Here we examine magnetoreception in earthworms held in transparent soil. Using video recordings, and machine learning-based analysis, we show that earthworms move significantly less when held in a near-zero magnetic field. This effect of near-zero magnetic field on earthworm activity was highly reproducible and significant through all trials. Furthermore, under some circumstances the earthworms showed significant group magnetic directionality, however this result was not reproducible. By using earthworms in transparent soil and manipulating the magnetic field we created a robust protocol that facilitates examination of magnetoreception in a simple organism. This may serve as a crucial springboard in the ongoing quest to unravel ..., , # A reproducible model for magnetosensitivity: earthworms in transparent soil reduce their cumulative movement in extremely weak magnetic field

ReadMe for column names in the file:

FullMetadataWormsExp1.csv and FullMetadataWormsExp2.csv.

This data was created for the study name \"A reproducible model for magnetoreception: earthworms in transparent soil reduce their cumulative movement in extreamly low magnetic field\" by Michael Bar-Ziv, Dan Szklowin, Oren Pearlson, Yoni Vortman

All the data was dowmsampled to 1 sec intervals. col u-x are relevant only for file \"FullMetadataWormsExp1.csv\"

Col A,\"ID\" = Worm ID

Col B,\"Field\" = Field type

Col C, \"Temperature\" (in Celsius) = Room temperature

Col D, \"Weight\" (in grams) = Worm weight

Col E, \"Length\" (in mm) = Worm length

Col F, \"date\" = date of experiment, dd-mm-yyyy

col G, \"time\" = time experiment started, 24h, hh-mm-ss

Col H, \"order\" = the order the earthworms tested in the experiments

col I, \"Density\" = Jelly density type, sep...,