“Clockwise” and “counterclockwise” refer to a sense of rotation around a center, when viewed from above. Don’t confuse those terms with the Coriolis deflection that, in the Northern Hemisphere, is ...

During Sunday's Superb Owl, there were some great tweets looking at science with some type of connection to football. Here is one that got me thinking: A 50-yard field goal in MetLife stadium will ...

I recently read an article about a Navy SEAL sniper. The author lists possible variables that go into determining a shot, one of which is the rotation of the earth. How exactly does this affect a ...

With football fresh on our minds, this week’s weather question is: Can Coriolis Force affect the path of a football? The short answer is yes. When a football player kicks a field goal in a north-south ...

The Sun’s uneven heating of the Earth induces horizontal pressure gradients that drive large‐scale winds. In the free atmosphere, where friction is negligible, a balance between the pressure gradient ...

Modeling the Coriolis Force on a Kicked Ball: Classical Mechanics on Earth! 🌍⚽ In this video, we’ll explore how the Coriolis force affects the trajectory of a kicked ball, particularly in the context ...

We all remember the Simpsons' trip to Australia when their toilet was programmed to swirl the American way. It turns out that the direction a toilet flushes is not determined by the hemisphere it’s in ...

The cosmos loves irony. While trying to prove that the Earth is fixed in space, an Italian priest described something similar to the Coriolis effect – the slight deflection experienced by objects ...