A study carried out by geoscientists and neurobiologists at Caltech and the University of Tokyo has shown that the human brain responds to changes in the Earth’s magnetic fields on a subconscious ...

Magnetoreception, or the ability to sense the Earth's magnetic field, pops up throughout the animal kingdom, but it's generally thought to be something humans missed out on. But maybe we can after all ...

The human brain senses and responds to changes in Earth's magnetic field—a sense known as magnetoreception. The Earth's magnetic field is what causes a compass to point north, with the pin being drawn ...