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iOS ships with a basic compass that you can use to find your basic heading when driving or hiking. It's not as robust as some third-party orienteering apps, but it will work in a pinch when these ...

Scientists have shown why fruit flies don’t get lost. Their brains contain cells that act like a compass, marking the direction of flight. It may seem like a small matter, but all animals — even ...

Scientists combined a mirror experiment simulating a different direction of the setting sun and a new test procedure to measure orientation behavior in bats to understand the role of the sun's ...

The navigation system used by rodents is similar to that used by Pacific Islanders in finding their way through the open ocean without a compass, a team of neuroscientists has found. The navigation ...

Using just a topographic map, I can competently navigate in areas like the High Sierra and Colorado Rockies, which generally have distinct landforms and open views. Even so, for added accuracy and ...

is a freelance science journalist, podcast host, comics artist, and TV host. Picture yourself exiting a subway car. You step onto the platform and for a moment, you’re completely disoriented. It feels ...

I don't know about you, but the Google Maps compass is an essential feature of the navigation app. And chances are that you agree, as Google confirmed not long ago, that the compass returned to Google ...