Florida's Tampa International airport closed its primary runway on Thursday after a shift in earth's northern magnetic pole made it impossible for planes to take accurate bearings. The primary runway ...

Scientists are grappling with the magnetic North Pole’s continued drift towards Russia, a phenomenon that could impact smartphone navigation accuracy. Unlike the geographical North Pole, the magnetic ...

Runways at a Florida airport are to be given brand new numbers, but not for cosmetic reasons - the changes are thanks to movement in the Earth's magnetic field. Changes in our planet's core are ...

What took place in Nigeria last weekend gave rise to a rash of doubtful political theories, and even caused a palpable polar shift in the country’s political climate. Suddenly, the opposition party ...

[Note: I may have to start a series of "No, a blank won't blank" posts; there's been a spate of nonsensical doomsday pseudoscience lately. Sigh.] Worse, what shields the planet from cancer-causing ...

THE planet's magnetic poles are shifting as the magnetic north makes its way towards Siberia, and scientists may have finally cracked the conundrum. The geographical north and south poles are firmly ...

Despite the north pole being a fixed location in the Arctic circle, the Magnetic North Pole is a wandering location which changes year on year. The Magnetic North Pole describes the point where the ...

Rapid shifts in the Earth's north magnetic pole are forcing researchers to make an unprecedented early update to a model that helps ships, planes and submarines in the Arctic navigate, scientists said ...

Don't think of this as another sign of the apocalypse, but Earth's magnetic north pole has been shifting enough that Tampa's airport has to repaint the numbers on its runways. Tampa International ...

As the calendar nears the fateful end of Mayan timekeeping on Dec. 21, 2012, the pole shift hypothesis is one possible contender for bringing about the end of the world. Is it a possible event? If so, ...