Greg Kestin: What's going on here? Every time I throw the ball straight, it seems to bend to the side. No matter what I throw, no matter how straight I throw it, the ball seems to be curving. Maybe it ...
Despite what you may have heard, it doesn’t make water go down the drain one direction or the other. But it does have an effect: The Coriolis Effect can turn ships off course and change the weather. I ...
Growing up, I heard innumerable times about the Coriolis effect. I wager you did, too. Due to the Earth’s rotation, it suggests, water draining from a flushed toilet swirls clockwise in the Northern ...
In honor of World Ocean Day, June 8th, we’re resurfacing a few features celebrating some of the many ways in which the ocean connects us as surfers. To picture the Coriolis effect, imagine two kids ...