This video explains how compasses use Earth’s magnetic field to point north, breaking down the science behind one of humanity’s oldest and most reliable navigation tools. Is Kharg Island a death trap ...

Energy markets are in turmoil. Prices are lurching, supply chains are being redrawn, and within weeks the confident forecasts will be quietly revised — and the new ones will be just as confident. This ...

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In recent weeks, Google has been busy adding AI features to all of its most popular apps. Following Gmail and Chrome, Maps is now the latest service to get a Gemini makeover, with a redesign of the ...

More than 100 years ago Hungarian-born mathematician George Pólya found himself trapped in a loop of social awkwardness. A professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, he enjoyed ...

A new tool developed by Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research and the University of Bonn makes spatial proteomics and lipidomics easier to use – no coding required. C-COMPASS ...

A tourist who was visiting Venice, Italy, has directed her ire at Google Maps for what she claims were inaccurate directions — which led to an awkward splash. The Polish tourist posted a recent video ...