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 ...

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 ...

The Ritual of Aarti and Its Clockwise Tradition When visiting a temple, you may have observed priests conducting aarti, a ...

Nagoya University scientists in Japan and colleagues at Yale University in the US have uncovered details of how the bacterial propeller, known as the flagellum, switches between counterclockwise and ...

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