Human sense the Earth's magnetic field

Humans can 'feel' Earth's magnetic field, study suggests

A lab test has revealed for the first time that humans may have an internal compass that can tell which way the Earth's magnetic field is...

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Some Humans Can Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field, Fascinating Experiment Suggests

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 ...

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Can Humans Sense Magnetic Fields?

A study of people's brainwaves hints at their unconscious ability to perceive the Earth's magnetic field.

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Brain scans reveal humans can ‘feel’ the earth’s magnetic field

Lab tests reveal distinct changes to brain waves that could expose our internal compass.

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Some Humans Can Detect the Earth's Magnetic Field

Animals have certain advantages that humans lack—the ability to sense the Earth's magnetic field is among them. But a new study from California Institute of ...humans may have an internal compass that can tell which way the Earth’s magnetic field is pointing.

Many animals already use the field that pulls compasses north to navigate, but it has never been observed in humans before.

(perfect sense: I search for North Star to find the way at night. Day time, look at the Sun - East to West for orientation).

Writing in the journal eNeuro, the researchers said: “Given the known presence of highly evolved geomagnetic navigation systems across the animal kingdom, it is perhaps not surprising that we might retain at least some functioning components, especially given the nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle of our not-too-distant ancestors.

“The full extent of this inheritance remains to be discovered.”

It was recently revealed that the Earth’s magnetic field may actually be shifting, with the true North Pole moving by as much as 34 miles a year — but that doesn’t stop the field protecting us from the excesses of the sun’s magnetic storms and the problems that would otherwise be caused by solar flares.

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