This video explains what magnets are and how magnetic fields are generated through the alignment of atomic structures.

Geophysicists have modeled how Earth’s magnetic field could form even when its core was fully liquid. By removing the effects ...

For desert ants, Earth’s magnetic field isn’t just a compass: It may also sculpt their brains. Stepping outside their nest for the first time, young ants need to learn how to forage. The ants train ...

Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes underappreciated—part in planetary systems. Without a strong magnetic field, planets can end up as a barren wasteland like Mars, or they could indirectly ...

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