Q:     Is the magnetic field generated by a current loop uniform?

A:    No, the magnetic field depends on the position in space where it is measured.  Textbooks and engineering handbooks and manuals usually give only the formula for the magnetic field created by a current loop, as measured at different positions on the axis of symmetry, x, of the loop.  Of course, a particular case would be the case where x = 0, and this simplified formula would give the magnetic field in the center of the loop.   In order to obtain the value of the magnetic field created by a current loop at any point is space (outside the axis of symmetry), one should integrate the contributions of each element of current at the given position in space.  Such an integration is possible, but it is somewhat more tedious than for points situated on the axis, because of lack of symmetry of the problem.

Q:    When two parallel wires carry current in opposite directions, the wires move apart.  Shouldn't they move closer together since opposites attract?

A:    Don't rush to transport into science (physics) any general knowledge you have from life outside the school (as reflected in everyday words or phrases).  In physics, it is true that two static electric charges with opposite sign ( positive and negative ) attract.  Also, two static opposite magnetic poles ( North and South ) attract.  Maybe, two people with opposite personality traits attract.  But, two parallel wires carrying currents in opposite direction do not attract, they repel.  In the case of two charges or two magnetic poles, there is a force of interaction oriented in the direction that connects the two charges or two poles.  The magnitude of this force is given by the Coulomb's Law.  In the case of currents, the force of interaction is obtained by considering not static charges but the charges moving through the wires forming the two currents.   The electrons in one current move in the field created by the second current, and vice-versa, the electrons in the second current move in the field created by the first current.  For each charge moving in an electric field, the force applied by the field on the charge is given by the formula F = q ( v x B ).  The magnitude of this force is F = q v B ( sin ), where is the angle between velocity v and magnetic field B.   Since the direction of motion of electrons in one current is perpendicular to the magnetic field created by the second current (which is in the shape of circles around centered around the current), it follows than = 90 degrees and sin = 1.  The direction of this force, as given by the formula above, is the direction the cross product v x B and is therefore perpendicular to both v and B.   Its direction is toward the second current.  Correct estimation of the direction of this interaction force shows that the force is attractive for two currents that are parallel and in the same direction, and is repulsive for two currents that are parallel and in opposite direction.