Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

Two German physicists have reimagined how to create powerful and uniform magnetic fields using compact permanent magnets. By overcoming the limitations of the well-known Halbach array, which works ...

A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometers every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said ...

Bogong moths use stars and Earth’s magnetic field to navigate epic migrations - revealing the first known stellar compass in ...

“We find that both exhibit strong linearly increasing trends, coupled with a large surge in magnitude between 330 and 220 ...

Your actions speak louder than words, and they set an example for those around you. You don’t demand change in others; you ...

Several bird species, in addition to humans, have demonstrated they can use the stars to navigate great distances. And while ...

Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging ...

To reach this conclusion, Dr Warrant and his team captured 95 moths heading to their breeding grounds. Each was then put into ...

Bogong moths are the first invertebrates known to navigate using the night sky during annual migrations to highland caves ...

Scientists found that an Australian moth navigates using a celestial compass, possibly guided by the Milky Way itself.