A visual pathway links brain structures active during magnetic compass orientation in migratory birds. Every year millions of migratory birds fly towards their wintering quarters and come back in ...

The updated version of the World Magnetic Model was released on Dec. 17, with a new prediction of how the magnetic north pole will shift over the next five years. Here's why it was changed.

Many people assume that if a smartphone includes a compass app, it will function as accurately and consistently as a traditional magnetic compass. Unfortunately, our tests told a very different story.

The Compass Rose, a 12-point circular magnetic compass, painted nearly 100 years ago onto the tarmac at the northwest corner of Santa Monica Airport, was officially designated as a historic ...

17 thoughts on “ Overcomplicating The Magnetic Compass For A Reason ” ... Reproducing the experience outside, far to any device, power line… and without any device powered by main ...

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations. CNN values your feedback 1.

The magnetic compass has been a crucial navigational tool for around a thousand years or so, perhaps longer. While classical versions still work perfectly well, you can now get digital magnetometer… ...

Learn how to make a magnetic compass from everyday objects with this guide for KS3 physics students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize.

But on Mars, if you were to walk around with a compass it would haphazardly point from one anomaly to another, because the Red Planet does not possess a global magnetosphere," NASA explained in ...