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Why Dung Beetles Dance on Poop: They’re Mapping the Sky
Understanding how bugs navigate could help build better robots.
Has Technology Severed Our Links to Our Local Communities?
And could it also be the thing that reconnects us?
Straying from the Virtual Path: What Video Games Are Teaching Us About the Psychology of Navigation
Getting lost in your local supermarket every weekend, trying to find the butter? Playing video games could help improve your sense of direction.
These Brave Individuals Are Putting Nail Polish on Some Mean-Looking Arachnids
The whip spider is not a creature that looks like it wants spa treatments.
What It’s Like For Someone Who’s Blind to 'See' by Echolocation
Echolocation can be a neurological replacement for vision in people who are blind.
It's Hard Out There for a Wayward Navigation Satellite
One of Europe's Galileo satellites has been nudged into a better wrong orbit than the one it got lost in.
Apple Maps Directed Cars Right Across an Airplane Runway
Luckily, the drivers didn't actually run into a 737.
Ants Can Learn to Navigate with Chill Magnetic Vibes
Ants are marvels of the animal world: They're incredibly strong, extremely resourceful, and their ability to work cooperatively is brilliant (for example, look at the army ants' "nest-of-bodies called bivouacs":http://blogs.discovermagazine.com...