Earth’s magnetic north has just crossed an invisible threshold in the Arctic, slipping into a region that modern navigation ...

Modern steel ships warp a magnetic compass with both permanent and induced magnetism, and the binnacle is packed with clever countermeasures to cancel it out. This breaks down hard iron vs soft iron ...

IMPORTANT SKILL OF AN INTERVIEWER IS TO LISTEN, BECAUSE OFTEN THE MOST INTRIGUING PART OF A STORY COMES FROM A COMMENT THAT TAKES YOU IN A DIRECTION YOU WEREN’T EXPECTING. THAT WAS TRUE OF A VISIT TO ...

For thousands of Americans, the post-Christmas weekend began with canceled flights, overcrowded terminals and the sinking realization that getting home after the holidays might take days, not hours.

Q. I was on a 16-night cruise when my niece called to say that my brother was dying. I booked a flight home through Orbitz but accidentally chose the wrong airport. By the time I reached the correct ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The federal government has admitted that it was at fault in a midair collision that killed everyone on board a flight from Wichita. NewsNation reported Wednesday that the ...

Researchers taught young loggerhead turtles to associate certain magnetic fields with feeding, prompting a distinctive dance when they recognized the signal. After a magnetic pulse briefly disrupted ...

Pigeons can sense Earth’s magnetic field by detecting tiny electric currents in their inner ears, a team of researchers suggests. Such an inner compass could help to explain how certain animals can ...

Loggerhead turtles are able to sense the Earth’s magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn’t clear which sense the animals use to detect the magnetic field when navigating using the magnetic map they ...

He suffered from a premature evacuation. A Delta Airlines flight attendant accidentally deployed the emergency slide before a cross-country flight, causing an estimated six figures worth of damage and ...