Carrying a compass in the backcountry is a little bit like having jumper cables in your car – they’re both pretty useless if you don’t know how to use them. My dad gave me his compass years ago, to ...

Even the best Eagle Scout prefers to navigate during the day. The Vikings, apparently, would have laughed at such a preference—according to new research, the North Atlantic seafarers’ sun compass was ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Far back in 1508, with only limited tools at his disposal, Nicolaus Copernicus developed a celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system, which ...

The unearthing of a 500-year-old scientific instrument in northern Poland has given historians a rare, tangible link to the world of Nicolaus Copernicus. Archaeologists and independent researchers now ...

In 1508, Nicolaus Copernicus developed a celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system that transformed the way we view the universe. This bold theory, contrary to the geocentric model favored ...

Earliest records show a spoon shaped compass made of lodestone or magnetite ore, referred to as a "South-pointer" dating back to sometime during the Han Dynasty (2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE).

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