Unbelievable experiment suggests humans are able to subconsciously sense Earth’s magnetic field
Humans have a 'sixth sense' after all.
Tag: magnetic field
We’ve just discovered the Earth’s largest drum: our planet’s magnetosphere
It's larger than the Earth itself.
Earth’s magnetic poles might flip a lot faster than we thought — and we’re woefully unprepared
A pole reversal could fry our electronics.
No evidence to say that Earth’s magnetic pole is reversing, new study concludes
Magnetic poles will likely remain in place for the foreseeable future.
Sea turtles use magnetic fields to navigate the world
Turtles have a magnetic-based, extremely accurate GPS which they use to navigate the oceans.
How birds “see” magnetic fields
Seeing is believing.
Astrochemists can now study stars’ magnetic fields using alcohol
Ah, alcohol. The basis of any sound science.
The Ever-changing and Skepticized Van Allen Belts
Each of the two belts surrounds the Earth in a sort of doughnut-shaped formation.
NASA discovers Mars has a magnetic tail twisted by solar wind
Mars has an invisible magnetic tail and it might contribute to Martian atmospheric loss.
How northern lights and stranded whales might strangely be connected
The northern lights might be a brilliant spectacle for some, but they spelled doom for some unfortunate sperm whales.
Ancient potters carefully recorded the planet’s magnetic field — without even knowing it
Geologists, archaeologists, physicists, and ancient potters - working together to solve one of the Earth's greatest mysteries. Who would have ...
Earth may have had multiple magnetic poles one billion years ago
Earth's magnetic past wasn't as simple as today.
When Earth’s solid inner core formed: 1 to 1.5 billion years ago
Our planet's magnetic field is the first and ultimate shield that guards life from the elements of space, particularly radiation. ...
Watch: How Ants React to a Ringing iPhone
As soon as the phone starts ringing, these ants have a military-like reaction, forming a circle around the device. But ...
Scientists find how worms brains’ feel magnetism
It's no secret that many animals can sense the Earth's magnetic field, but until now, researchers didn't know exactly how ...
Mercury has magnetic field, astronomers report
The MESSENGER spacecraft spent four years orbiting Mercury, gathering valuable information and sending it back to Earth. But even in ...
Star Trek-like shield discovered in Earth’s orbit shelters our planet from ‘killer electrons’
Many thousands of miles above our planet's surface, electrons whiz through close to the speed of light. These electrons can ...
Magnetic Mirror reflects Light like No Other. Opens new suit of Optical Applications
In Lewis Caroll's Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871), the sequel to the classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, ...
Dolphins can sense the Earth’s Magnetic Field
As if dolphins weren't special enough, scientists have added another quality to the list: they can sense our planet's magnetic ...
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