A pair of proteins may hold the key as to how animals like pigeons, sharks and bees sense the Earth's magnetic field and use it to navigate, scientists say. "This magnetic protein compass may explain ...

The compass—oldest known navigating instrument—has been revolutionized. Last week Bendix Aviation Corp. announced a new automatic compass that makes the old magnetic needle* look as obsolete as a ...

Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon checks out the impact of gears on speed and torque in Sept. 14's Science Sunday.

Does an internal compass dictate how dogs line up when they defecate? How do you figure that out? And why would you want to? Such are the questions you get into when addressing the weirdest subjects ...

Researchers have cracked the secret of the internal, genetically encoded compass that millions of monarch butterflies use to determine the direction -- southwest -- they should fly each fall to reach ...

WHETHER it is a herd of gazelle, a court of kangaroos or a crash of rhinos, the sight of a group of animals turning from a predator and bolting in unison in the same direction is one of the most ...

The invention of an improved ship’s compass, of the earth-inductor type, was announced by the U. S. Bureau of Standards. It is said to possess many advantages over the usual magnetic type of ship’s ...

Does an internal compass dictate how dogs line up when they defecate? How do you figure that out? And why would you want to? Such are the questions you get into when addressing the weirdest subjects ...