"It passes through our bodies, our cells and every living organism on the planet, yet we know surprisingly little about ...

For billions of years, Earth has been protected by a powerful magnetic field that deflects a huge portion of charged particles hurled our way by solar wind and coronal mass ejections. Without this ...

The Earth's magnetic field may influence how cells produce energy, physical performance and even lifespan, according to new research from the University of Nottingham. In a study using fruit flies, ...

Pigeons and other birds can do it. So can sea turtles and spiny lobsters, moths and mole rats, gray whales and big brown bats. Many members of the animal kingdom can detect the subtle undulations of ...

Scientists used Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere as a planet-sized detector to search for some of the lightest proposed forms of dark matter. The approach dramatically improved limits on ...