The signs that will feel Mercury’s retrograde in Leo are the fixed signs: Taurus (fixed earth), Leo (fixed fire), Scorpio ...

The pre-retrograde shadow kicks off when Mercury hits the exact degrees and minutes of the sign at which it’ll ultimately go ...

Venus is strange. It rotates from east to west. Every other planet in the Solar System turns west to east. It has been widely assumed that this is because a freak event up-ended Venus on its axis ...

The snap he imparts produces large amounts of backspin - which makes the ball to do things other bowlers can't make it do ...

You don't create backspin the way you might think—and you're making the superintendent angry. By Matt Rudy. October 03, 2023 Illustration by George Retseck.

On Backspin, we take a look back at one of golf's most memorable videos. This week we switch things up with the hype video for the 2020 PGA Championship.

This week we discuss backspin on drivers and if it is time to change an old set of irons. This week we discuss backspin on drivers and if it is time to change an old set of irons. Skip navigation.

Backspin features a look back at one of golf's most memorable videos. Here we see Jack Hamm and the Hammer X driver infomercial for the first time in years.

Drop a basketball with backspin from a great enough height, and something rather interesting happens. In the video below, Veritasium’s Derek Muller explains the Magnus effect, ...

Backspin often works in favor of the hitter, as it creates a Magnus effect, which pushes up on the baseball to create lift. But there can also be too much of a rise effect.