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 ...

When humans walk freely in open or enclosed spaces, they naturally tend to veer in a counterclockwise direction. This ...

It’s hard to get everyone in the world to agree on anything, but when they come together and compete in the Olympics, one thing is certain: They’ll be running races counterclockwise. No one can quite ...

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 ...