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.

Dear Tom,Does the Coriolis force have any effect on hurricanes?Doug Baumgarten Fontana, WisconsinDear Doug,It does. The three ingredients needed for hurricane formation are warm oceans, light ...

The official record by the U.S. National Hurricane Center disagrees, saying it did not have tropical-storm-force winds until later in its path, north of 10 degrees north latitude.

Water DOES swirl in different directions on opposite sides of the world: Videos show the Coriolis effect's impact on liquids. Using a flat surface, researchers poured food dyes into paddling pools, ...