Scottie pinwheel

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   Reginald Selkirk

   January 27, 2013 at 6:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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   I wonder if they always spin the same direction.

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   Stacy

   January 27, 2013 at 6:59 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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   Yes but the direction depends upon which hemisphere they’re in.

   The Canisolis effect.

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      Mano Singham

      January 27, 2013 at 9:19 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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      Good one!

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   Jared A

   January 28, 2013 at 4:58 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

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   In next issue of Nature: Measurement of the critical scottish-terrier-to-bowl-circumference ratio in caprolacto-induced canine spin vortices.