You may know the Coriolis force from the direction the water in your flushing toilet swirls, but the same force affects a field-goal kick in football. Here's how.

After pouring the water into the bowl, it begins to drain. He then places a flower on top of the water to indicate which way the water is spinning, supposedly due to the earth's rotation.

The Coriolis effect caused by the rotation of the Earth is responsible for the precession of a Foucault pendulum and for the direction of rotation of cyclones. In general, the effect deflects ...

What causes hurricanes, oceans, and even wind to move in unique patterns? ️ Discover the Coriolis effect, a force influenced by Earth's rotation that shapes how we experience the world. We break ...

Today I learned that while the Coriolis effect is significant for hurricanes, it's not strong enough to make toilets flush in different directions at different points on the Earth. The real cause ...