Salmon use Earth’s magnetic field to create a large-scale mental map which they follow to find suitable feeding grounds, a study published today in Current Biology has found. The salmon are born in rivers…
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How does a young animal find its way to an unfamiliar location hundreds or thousands of kilometres from where it was born? A reasonable idea might be to find an older, experienced migrant and follow. This…
Astronomers have found a small star (a pulsar called PSR J1824-2452I) undergoing a radical transformations. The pulsar’s…
You may have read the sun’s magnetic field is heading for a change in field polarity - meaning it will flip upside down - and could have ripple effects throughout the entire solar system. So what does…
The mystery migrations of birds of the world has long puzzled scientists, but understanding how it works may be one step…
Fragments of iron-rich ore from an ancient collision may be responsible for the strange magnetic fields measured in various…
Astronomers have used 41,000 individual measurements to map the magnetic fields of our galaxy in greater detail than ever…
In the past week, many media outlets have reported the discovery of an antimatter “belt” circling the earth. A range of potential uses for this belt have already been floated – perhaps the most exciting…
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