In a world filled with modern navigation tools, there is still a place where the humble compass ... magnetic field. You will notice that it gradually aligns in a north-south direction, with ...

The needle isn't pointing to the north pole itself, it's aligning with the magnetic field lines that run to the magnetic north pole. "The compass needle points in the direction of the magnetic ...

New findings strongly support the hypothesis that migratory birds use their visual system to perceive the reference compass direction of the geomagnetic field and that migratory birds are thus ...

The Earth, with its constantly moving molten iron core, is surrounded by a vast and glorious magnetic field ... unless you had a compass to hand – was the direction they jumped in, which ...

The red end of your compass needle is magnetized and wherever you are, the earth's magnetic field causes the needle to rotate until it lies in the same direction as the earth's magnetic field. This is ...

The orientation of Coors Field is just so that prevailing winds during Rockies games blow against the direction in which the ball would be traveling. During baseball games, winds are most commonly ...