As boring as it may sound, the direction that toilet bowl water swirls at the equator has more to do with the toilet's manufacturer than it does any physics phenomena. It is a commonly held ...

Imagine you are on a merry-go-round that is turning at aconstant rotational speed. You are standing near its center,and you start walking at a constant speed along a straightline painted radially on ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Coriolis effect is the apparent acceleration of a moving body on or near the Earth as a result of the Earth’s rotation. In short terms, it is the movement of an air mass due ...

Imagine you are on a merry-go-round turning at a constant rotational speed. You are standing near its center, and you start walking at a constant speed along a straight line painted radially on its ...