Used correctly, a GPS – or global positioning system – can be a handy tool for any hiker. Here, we examine how to use GPS for hiking navigation in the great outdoors. Learning how to utilise GPS for ...

Forty years ago, the United States government made a decision that transformed the modern world: it opened the Global Positioning System (GPS) to civilian use. What began as a military technology ...

Scientists discovered sea turtles can learn and remember specific magnetic field signatures of geographic locations, effectively creating their own internal GPS system that helps them navigate back to ...