A map showing it is possible to sail from India to the US in a straight line has proved mind-boggling to social media users – and even impressed Elon Musk.

How straight-line winds are formed. As air rises, it will cool to the point of condensation where water vapor forms tiny water droplets, comprising the cumulus cloud we see.

Most straight-line wind events produce winds of 60 mph but can be upwards of 100+ mph. Plenty to snap off limbs, cause damage to your home, and bring down power lines.

Even though we often know better, we tend to look at success as a straight line going from a low point A to a much higher point B. As comedian Dimitri Martin points out in the sketch above (from ...

Straight Line Winds Are Smashing Central US to Bits, Scientist Warns Published Nov 02, 2023 at 12:00 PM EDT Updated Nov 06, 2023 at 1:00 PM EST ...

“Straight Line Crazy,” the play by David Hare about the contentious urban planner Robert Moses, directed by Nicholas Hytner and Jamie Armitage, is coming to New York this fall.. Following a ...

Question: Why do flights from the USA to Asia travel far north (above Alaska/Siberia) rather than the seemingly more direct "straight line" across the Pacific? —submitted by reader John, Parrish ...

Humans cannot walk in a straight line without any fixed visual reference. The reason for this, though, is still a mystery. In 2010, science reporter Robert Krulwich, explored this in an ...