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New Cat's Eye
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Message 14 of 82 (369915)
12-15-2006 1:11 PM
Reply to: Message 13 by Dongsheng Zhang
12-15-2006 1:00 PM


Re: Ringo
In fact, when a whirlwind or tornado occurs in the northern hemisphere, its helical-direction is always counterclockwise just like the right-handed helix. If it occurs in the southern hemisphere the helical-direction must is left-handed helix.
You're talking about the Coriolis effect. But I think you got it backwards. From the link:
quote:
These inertial circles are clockwise in the northern hemisphere (where trajectories are bent to the right) and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
emphasis added
Now, I don't know for sure that the DNA helix is right-handed, which correlates to couterclockwise, IIRC, but if it is, then the author of Ezekial, in the OP, was wrong. That, or he wasn't talking about DNA at all.

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