How does a magnetic compass work? Well, it’s all down to basic physics and human ingenuity. The key component of a standard baseplate compass is its magnetized needle, which is allowed to spin freely ...

Our planet’s northern magnetic pole is not only racing toward Siberia at about 34 miles per year, it has been to Antarctica several times in the last million years—and it’s due to flip again. This isn ...

A Bombardier Global 7000 business jet lands on runway 1L-19R at Wichita Eisenhower National Airport in November 2016. Earth’s shifting magnetic poles are prompting FAA and airport officials to ...

Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) can learn to associate food with the geomagnetic signatures of various oceanic regions, suggesting that they are able to find known foraging areas using an ...

I BEG to call your attention to the enclosed reprint from the May Pilot Chart of curves of magnetic declination as recorded at the United States Naval Observatory at Washington. This reprint admits of ...

One of the most taken-for-granted pieces of equipment on a boat is the magnetic compass. The compass is the basic navigational instrument aboard a boat, especially when out of sight of land. When ...