During the Age of Exploration, explorers relied on compasses to navigate the oceans and conquer the wilds, but they were ...

From the Bermuda Triangle to Antarctica's Blood Falls, we look at mysterious sites and stories from around the world.

In 1862, James Clerk Maxwell published his famous Maxwell’s equations. This was at a time when humans were just starting to ...

Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the magnetite ore would point towards a magnetic north ... many ...

Muscat: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has included the Omani manuscript ...

The most important thing for them to experience,” he says, “is how difficult this is.” In the depths of the cold war, US soldiers were a familiar sight in Norwegian garrison towns north of the Arctic ...

Therefore, between the South Magnetic Pole and the South Geographic Pole the south point of the compass is directed ... which in an emergency renders the ship independent of the wind.

For the uninitiated, a seafood boil is communal dining at its messiest and most magnificent – a glorious heap of shellfish, corn, potatoes, and sausage, all swimming in seasoned broth and served ...

another shortfall that can be present on cruise ships is a lack of hanging hooks beyond closet storage. "As many surfaces in staterooms and suites are metal, magnetic hooks make for another simple ...