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How To: Avoid Getting Lost As guys, we'll never admit that we're lost because that's just not manly; that's why you should consider these tips and become a human compass. |
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March 15, 2001
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Giving Direction The history of the compass. |
Outside
September 2002
Mark Jenkins |
I Know Where I'm Going On getting lost, GPS, and a farewell to maps |
Home Toys
December 2004 |
Am I Getting Old? - Have my Kids Made me Senile? Using basic technology -- no cord, no batteries, no Global Positioning System (GPS) -- high impact plastic, a metal ring and a few pictures, these scientists have developed the C-Car car-finding keychain. It's embarrassingly simple. |
Technology Research News
May 5, 2004 |
Nano Wires Make Tiny Compasses Researchers have built compass needles as small as 20 by 200 nanometers, which could be used to measure magnetic fields at the nanoscale and to orient nanosized wires during the process of building molecular-sized structures. |
Chemistry World
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Chemical compass clue to migration mystery Trying to identify the mysterious innate compass that many animals use to navigate the globe, chemists at the University of Oxford, UK, have shown for the first time that the Earth's magnetic field can influence the outcome of a chemical reaction. |
Geotimes
July 2006
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Ship Logs Record Earth's Magnetism New information gleaned from old ships' logs is now leading to a better understanding of the magnetic field's past strength, which is turning out to be more erratic than some scientists previously thought. |
Scientific American
May 8, 2006
Graham P. Collins |
Chaos in the Crater Welcome to the Vredefort Crater, a real Bermuda Triangle about 100 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg. It is the oldest and largest impact remnant on the planet, created by an asteroid about two billion years ago. |
Outside
February 2003
Brad Wetzler |
The Wild File Is there a magnetic pull in space? If so, in what direction would a compass point?... Why are there such individualized names for groups of animals: gaggles of geese, packs of wolves, herds of sheep, etc.?... Why do cows have four teats? They rarely give birth to quads. |
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