A handful of years ago, Steve was at a workshop thingy where he heard the idea that some people could be categorized as “map” people while others as “compass” people. In the work-related realm, what ...

Compasses are an emblem of the spirit of adventure. They were one of the earliest navigation tools used by explorers to map the globe, and have stayed in use from the age of ships to the era of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sahar Hashmi, M.D., Ph.D., is a Boston-based, award-winning AI expert. AI has become both compass and crutch for millions of ...

Nocturnal insects may use both the Earth’s magnetic field and visual cues to guide their migratory flight behaviours, according to recent findings. The research, published in eLife as a Reviewed ...

Some ancient marine organisms produced mysterious magnetic particles of unusually large size, which can now be found as fossils in marine sediments. An international team has succeeded in mapping the ...

At some point during our primary school careers, most of us probably constructed a simple compass, often by floating a magnetized needle on a cork in a cup of water. The water in such a configuration ...