Space // 

As part of NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission, four spacecraft have been cruising through the boundary where ...

Lindsey Kratochwill at 09:36 AM May 16 2016
Science // 

The magnetic poles of the earth have switched back and forth many, many times during the 4.54 billion years that the ...

Mary Beth Griggs at 09:55 AM Oct 18 2014
Science // 

Earth has a magnetic field, which begins at the core and stretches far out into space. Typically, this magnetic ...

Lindsey Kratochwill at 08:08 AM Mar 7 2014
Tech // 

In pictures and in person, the Earth's aurora looks sorta like wispy clouds made of emerald fuzz. That's gorgeous ...

Krislyn Placide at 04:02 AM Dec 1 2012
Tech // 

The kind of accurate geolocation offered by Global Positioning Systems has typically been difficult to apply indoors ...

Clay Dillow at 06:30 AM Jul 11 2012
Tech // 

Neurons in the brains of pigeons encode the direction of Earth's magnetic field, endowing the birds with an innate ...

Rebecca Boyle at 05:13 AM Apr 27 2012

It's long been known that birds have a sense for the Earth's magnetic field and can use it to aid in navigating ...

Clay Dillow at 04:00 AM Mar 16 2012
 
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