If you ever travel back in time to hang out with Homo sapiens around 41,000 years ago, pack some sunscreen – or better yet, a ...

Additionally, ancient humans may have ramped up their use of ochre. This naturally occurring pigment is composed of iron ...

Everyone knows about the Earth’s poles: north and south. One is where the penguins live, the other one is where Santa Claus ...

Scientists are slowly piecing together what the South Pole looked like back then. Scientists are a little more perplexed when it comes to this discovery. Recent data shows that the magnetic North ...

This magnetic field has a north and south orientation: the North and South poles. The orientation of the magnetic field is why you typically only see aurora at the North and South poles ...

Earth's magnetic poles usually align with the north and south poles but occasionally wander from their traditional geographic positions in a process called geomagnetic excursions due to changes in ...

The charged particles are pulled toward the North and South poles due to Earth’s magnetic field. While that magnetic field usually protects the Earth from solar winds, the winds can occasionally ...

This magnetic field has a north and south orientation: the North and South poles. The orientation of the magnetic field is why you typically only see aurora at the North and South poles ...