How does a magnetic compass work? Well, it’s all down to basic physics and human ingenuity. The key component of a standard baseplate compass is its magnetized needle, which is allowed to spin freely ...

The movement of the magnetic North Pole is the result of the Earth having an active core. The inner core, starting about ...

I have a terrible sense of direction. In the car or on foot, I can get lost effortlessly unless I'm very familiar with where I am. I'm often amazed how well most people get around. I can always find ...

When you look at your location on a map, you need to check the north, south, east, and west, but you need a compass to recognize which direction is north and which direction is east in an unfamiliar ...

For the first time in more than three centuries, your compass might finally be about to point true north. At some point over the next two weeks, compasses at Greenwich will point true north for the ...

If you were traveling around Bali with a compass, you would find yourself confronted with a linguistic puzzle. The word kaja in Balinese is sometimes translated as meaning “north.” And in South Bali, ...

The North Star. This is found by using the sidewall of the Big Dipper’s bowl (on the right side) and lining up the two stars to form a line which points upward. Follow this up to the (faint) handle of ...

In many articles and captions in the Sentinel there have been inaccurate descriptions of compass directions. In the Feb. 12 edition, Cowell Beach was described as being north of the Santa Cruz ...