Your brain’s sensory talents go way beyond those traditional five senses. A team of geoscientists and neurobiologists explored how the human brain monitors and responds to magnetic fields.

Magnetoreception, or the ability to sense the Earth’s magnetic field, pops up throughout the animal kingdom, but it’s generally thought to be something humans missed out on. But new research ...

Everyone knows that when you hold a compass in your hand the needle will point north thanks to Earth’s magnetic field, but aside from simple navigation you probably don’t spare much thought ...

Some People’s Brains Can Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field—but No, It Doesn’t Mean We Have Magnetoreception ‘Superpowers’ A new experiment reveals signs our brains may respond to changes in ...

The human brain senses and responds to changes in Earth's magnetic field—a sense known as magnetoreception. The Earth's magnetic field is what causes a compass to point north, with the pin being ...

The ability to sense the Earth’s magnetic field—a trait known as magnetoreception—is well documented among many animals, but researchers have struggled to show that humans are also capable ...

More appear to be an example of human magnetism, no external magnetic field can be detected, and non-magnetic objects "stick" just as well. The phenomenon of variable skin stickiness is likely the ...

With magnetic field human body communication, however, the communication is contained within the body itself and does not need to link to separate wireless devices.

During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed. What followed was a cascade of environmental and biological changes ...