Does an internal compass dictate how dogs line up when they defecate? How do you figure that out? And why would you want to? Such are the questions you get into when addressing the weirdest subjects ...

The compass—oldest known navigating instrument—has been revolutionized. Last week Bendix Aviation Corp. announced a new automatic compass that makes the old magnetic needle* look as obsolete as a ...

WHETHER it is a herd of gazelle, a court of kangaroos or a crash of rhinos, the sight of a group of animals turning from a predator and bolting in unison in the same direction is one of the most ...

A pair of proteins may hold the key as to how animals like pigeons, sharks and bees sense the Earth's magnetic field and use it to navigate, scientists say. "This magnetic protein compass may explain ...

Separate programs this week involve science and the media. Today (Sept. 20), a panel discussion will address the media’s role in disseminating science news to the public. Later in the week, the ...

Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon checks out the impact of gears on speed and torque in Sept. 14's Science Sunday.

Researchers have cracked the secret of the internal, genetically encoded compass that millions of monarch butterflies use to determine the direction -- southwest -- they should fly each fall to reach ...

new video loaded: ScienceTake | A Compass in a Fly’s Brain transcript Never underestimate the brain of a fly, or the ingenuity of scientists. This fruit fly is on a tiny free-rolling sphere, supported ...

Does an internal compass dictate how dogs line up when they defecate? How do you figure that out? And why would you want to? Such are the questions you get into when addressing the weirdest subjects ...

Two federal institutions, founded six months apart in 1951, laid the groundwork for the science funding system in Brazil as it exists today. The first was the National Research Council (CNPq), now ...