Pigeons may sense Earth's magnetic field using special cells in the inner ear. This discovery explains how they navigate long distances.

Autonomous free-flying robots aboard the International Space Station (ISS) frequently lose their bearings. Without gravity to distinguish up from down, even precision sensors suffer from accumulating ...

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Great flag design starts with simplicity. The best flags use basic elements – lines, colors, and symbols – but combine them in ways that feel meaningful and memorable. Here are five flag design ...

Florida isn’t exactly famous for its covered bridges – that’s like going to the desert for its excellent selection of icebergs. But this wooden masterpiece stands as a beautiful anomaly, a testament ...

A team at UNIGE has uncovered a geometric structure once thought to be purely theoretical at the core of quantum materials, opening the door to major advances in future electronics. How can ...

Mathematicians present the Nopertedro: a Rupert property solid that broke an old myth by preventing one copy from passing ...

A compilation of 100 examples of biological tilings shows how repeated natural motifs enhance strength, flexibility and other ...

In the days since GPS was invented, many of us have lost the skill of navigating by a good old compass and map. As a family ...

In geometry, there are surfaces that do without an inside or outside—and some need at least four dimensions to exist ...