sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.nature.com)

Despite thousands of years of coexistence, exploitation and cheese, humanity seems to have missed an intriguing fact about cows: they like to point north. Or possibly south. After some exploration, it was found that other animals, such as deer, do this too.

Researchers have explored the matter and found that the ruminants are aligning themselves to magnetic north, not true north. In other words, this is about the magnetic field, not maximizing heat from the sun or getting out of the wind.

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Sue Wu submitted, created time 9 months 2 days (abcnews.go.com)

A belief in the healing power of magnets has been around since ancient Greece, leading to a $5 billion a year worldwide industry that supplies millions of believers with magnets for everything from arthritis to cancer to depression. Researchers at the University of Virginia have found some evidence that the use of small magnetic fields may in fact affect blood flow.

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jane2007 submitted, created time 10 months 1 week (www.sciam.com)

A new study suggests that to meld living cells with the digital world, think of them as you would a refrigerator door—a handy place to stick magnets. I was attracted when i read first paragraph, it's a interesting breakthrough.

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