One of the most enduring questions in anthropology is why Neanderthals, our closest extinct human relatives, completely ...

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...

A blast of charged particles from the Sun - a G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storm - is currently sweeping past our planet. Auroras ...

The last change in Earth's magnetic field, known as the Laschamps excursion, occurred around 40,000 to 42,000 years ago, ...

A study suggests that Homo sapiens may have benefited from the use of ochre and tailored clothing during a period of increased UV light 41,000 years ago, during the Laschamps excursion.

Ancient homo sapiens may have benefitted from mineral-based sun protection, living in caves and even tailored clothing.

Abstract: In the complex indoor environment, geomagnetic matching is an effective way to realize indoor positioning of mobile robots. Aiming at the problem that the application of Particle Swarm ...

As ice sheets melt and ocean mass gets redistributed around the planet, Earth's geographic North and South poles could shift up to 89 feet (27 meters) by 2100 as the planet's axis of rotation ...

When people let their minds wander during tasks that require attention and active thinking, it can hurt how well they learn and perform the tasks. But there are more passive kinds of learning that ...

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Several states across the northern U.S. may have a chance of seeing the northern lights Saturday as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects geomagnetic storm conditions to ...

Increased auroral activity will likely result from geomagnetic storms Friday and Saturday amid “influence” from a coronal hole, or a cooler, less dense spot on the sun’s surface that ...