compass reading

It’s not every day frog catching and compass reading are on the day’s agenda for school children, but recently in Jackson County, both activities were part of the curriculum.

It would have rejiggered a million spreadsheets, nudging the ocean liner that is our economy onto a new compass reading not too far off our heading—but one that, over the years, would have steered us into relatively safe waters.

We got a compass reading on the plane before it disappeared.

Dr. Baird and her colleagues plan to continue their study to try to understand what cues they are relying on to take their compass reading.

In their rotations, the scientists say, the beetles are somehow taking a compass reading from the sky.