Recent content by kh99

Yeah, i know "it's just the way it is" isn't a good answer, but if you're wondering why gravity affects everything with mass and magnetism doesn't, I'm not sure there's a better one. Someone smarter than me could probably talk about the subatomic particles involved, but in the end I don't know...

Gravity keeps the planets orbiting around the sun. When you say "what would be the reason for this" I don't know what you're asking. Do you mean "why does gravity work on everything but magnetism doesn't". I'm sure someone else can come up with a technical explanation, buf I think the simple...

I respectfully disagree with the previous post. I believe the coordinates you get from gps are relative to fixed points on earth, and not the magnetic poles. I don't know the answer to your question for sure, but my guess would be that when the article says that the magnetic model is used to...

I agree. But it looks like this site has writers basically rewriting articles they find elsewhere, so it's probably pretty low budget. And most of the comments I've seen so far are just scary. ;)

I think you mean that it crossed the international date line. Edit: To clarify, the Newsweek article mentioned in this article talks about how the zero declination line crossed the prime meridian, causing compasses in England to point east of true north instead of west as they have for a long...