Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps ...

Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.

When organizations declare a “true north”, they often align strategies to this single point. Yet Gallup research shows ...

Lynch School Professor Belle Liang and her research team are developing an app to help students discover pathways to finding purpose in college and beyond Imagine you’re an explorer searching for the ...

It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, and (given the time of year) Santa's sleigh: the ...

Earth’s magnetic north pole is different from the geographic North Pole. The latter (the so-called “True North”) directly points toward the geographic North Pole, a fixed point on the Earth' ...

The Earth acts like a giant bar magnet, with a magnetic north and south pole. Confusingly, these are not in the same place as the geographic north (True North) and south pole. In fact, they ...