Winds always rotate in a counterclockwise sense around hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere. Winds in tornadoes usually rotate counterclockwise, but in perhaps five percent of tornadoes, clockwise ...

Hurricanes and low pressure systems do spin counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere. Tornadoes usually do, though not always. The behavior of the intense thundershowers that produce tornadoes ...

Many things on Earth and in the heavens move in circles or ellipses. But the direction in which they spin is also important. Spin is something we don’t always notice. For example, when you’re standing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. As bizarre as Venus appears today --- a hellish ...

This is an interesting question, and the answer tells us something important about how planets form, as astronomers believe whether a planet travels clockwise or counterclockwise around its star is ...

Controlling the rotation of this molecule could lead to new technologies for microelectronics, quantum computing and more. You can easily rotate a baseball in your hand by twisting your fingers. But ...

I believe an error has been made in the description of the first electrocardiogram of Case 29–1965 of the Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr ...