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There’s a weathered wooden shack in Key West where nautical flags flutter in the salty breeze, a painted tarpon hangs proudly above the entrance, and inside, a treasure trove awaits that would make ...
Well, well, well! The U.S. Supreme Court actually did an admirable thing with its 6-3 ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor. The judges ...
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Researchers recreated a 30,000-year-old ocean journey from Taiwan to Japan using canoes and simulations to test early human ...
In a new study, researchers reenacted how people in Taiwan might have reached the Ryukyu Islands tens of thousands of years ...
One of the most taken-for-granted pieces of equipment on a boat is the magnetic compass. The compass is the basic navigational instrument aboard a boat, especially when out of sight of land.
Bogong moths use both Earth's magnetic field and the starry night sky to make twice-yearly migrations spanning hundreds of ...
A species of Australian moth travels up to a thousand kilometers every summer using the stars to navigate, scientists said ...
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Australia’s iconic bogong moths are the first creatures other than humans and some birds known to navigate by the night sky.
Several bird species, in addition to humans, have demonstrated they can use the stars to navigate great distances. And while ...