Two new studies by Universities in Sweden and Germany show evidence that birds navigate by literally seeing Earth’s magnetic field in their vision, thanks to eye proteins called cryptochromes, which might operate through a mechanism called magnetoreception. By Sequoyah Kennedy.

What we might be seeing is an excursion rather than a reversal event. By Erik Klemetti.

Signals from violent earthquakes are helping reveal the landscape of the planet’s insides. By Paula Koelemeijer.

“This vulnerability can occur when magnetised plasma from the Sun deforms Earth’s magnetic field, stretching its shape at the poles and diminishing its ability to deflect charged particles,” Katherine Wright explains on the American Physical Society website.

Animals are known to be able to navigate by taking advantage of the Earth’s magnetic fields. But do humans possess the same ability? And do we do so without even knowing? By Jason G Goldman.

University of Houston physicists report finding major theoretical flaws in the generally accepted understanding of how a superconductor traps and holds a magnetic field.

Using a magnet, researchers remotely control brain circuitry, alter behavior. By Beth Mole.

The mechanism that allows birds to see the Earth's magnetic field is closer to being understood. Viviane Richter reports. (Dec. 7)