Running in circles - it's natural

Have you ever wondered why we seem to run in circles when lost? I have and I think someone knows why! According to news reported in Science Daily - "

"The stories about people who end up walking in circles when lost are actually true," said Jan Souman of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany. "People cannot walk in a straight line if they do not have absolute references, such as a tower or a mountain in the distance or the sun or moon, and often end up walking in circles."

Now we know why sometimes we seem to be running in circles! There are lessons here.

Science Daily News to read the entire article.

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