In the free resource for teachers, Mwaksy and Greg observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials ...

Graham Puddephatt, chair of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, said the main problem was magnet fishers dumping piles of rusty ...

A permanent magnet is always magnetic. It has an invisible magnetic field. Only certain materials, such as iron, feel a magnetic force. Permanent magnets can come in lots of different shapes and sizes ...

Magnets are being attached to crocodiles in Florida to disrupt their sense of direction and so make them less of a threat to humans. Crocodiles use the influence of the earth's magnetic field to help ...

In this week's BBC Future article by Jason G. Goldman, he discusses birds that use magnetic fields for migration and dogs who use them to do their do doos on a north-south axis. But what about humans?