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When migrating birds get lost, they can ‘read’ the signature of the Earth’s magnetic field well enough to find their way once again, a study has revealed. Researchers from the UK exposed Eurasian reed warblers to a fake magnetic signature — thousands of miles from their usual path — to see how they would react. Despite … Read more
When migrating birds get lost, they can ‘read’ the signature of the Earth’s magnetic field well enough to find their way once again, a study has revealed. Researchers from the UK exposed Eurasian reed warblers to a fake magnetic signature — thousands of miles from their usual path — to see how they would react. Despite … Read more
A mother is warning other parents about the dangers of magnet toys after her daughter needed an emergency operation to remove them. Hayley Thake’s four-year-old daughter accidentally swallowed two toys she’d made out of small magnetic balls she had been playing with. The magnets burn holes in the intestines and bowels and there have been … Read more
The Sun’s corona — the outermost layer which can reach temperatures in excess of one million degrees Celsius — is chemically very different to the rest of the star despite being physically connected. Astronomers have been unable to explain, and prove, this phenomenon for more than half a century, making it one of astronomy’s enduring … Read more
A magnetic spray is capable to turning objects into moving robots, which could be used to navigate drugs throughout the body. Scientists at the City University in Hong Kong revealed the innovation made of polyvinyl alcohol, gluten and iron particles. Called ‘M-spray,’ it is capable of sticking on the targeted object and when it activates, … Read more
Boy has 123 magnetic beads stuck in his stomach after ‘eating the toy balls one after another while watching TV The child swallowed the tiny balls when he was home with his sister in China He was taken to hospital after telling his family he had eaten only one bead X-ray shows a huge bundle of the … Read more
The Moon’s once powerful magnetic field helped shield Earth and its developing atmosphere from powerful solar storms 4 billion years ago, a new study claims. Researchers led by James Green, NASA’s chief scientist, created computer models simulating the protective impact the Moon once had over Earth. The combined magnetic fields of both the Moon and … Read more
Girl, 10, needed life-saving surgery to remove 15 trendy ‘magnetic balls’ that fused together in her intestine – after falling asleep with them in her mouth Sadie Latham was rushed to A&E at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool X-ray revealed she had digested more than a dozen tiny magnetic balls Doctors were forced to remove … Read more
NASA is monitoring a ‘small but evolving dent’ in Earth’s magnetic field that could impact satellites and spacecraft. Stretching from South American and to southwest Africa is the South Atlantic Anomaly (SSA), which is a weakened spot in the field that allows charged particles from the sun to dip closer to the surface than usual. … Read more
Chinese man has 29 magnetic beads stuck in his bladder after inserting them into his penis one by one The man rushed to a hospital in Xi’an after starting to pee blood and felt pain He said he had stuck the toy balls into his urethra but refused to explain why An X-ray scan showed the … Read more