Radar is quite spectacular in telling us exactly where rain is falling by pinging precipitation with radio waves! Our weather radar can determine more than just a storm’s location, but its movement as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 214th birthday of Christian Doppler, whose ...

The Doppler effect, discovered in 1842 by Christian Doppler, is familiar to most of us; stationary observers of waves such as sound waves will see wavelengths that depend on the relative motion ...