The raindrops that patter onto roofs, sidewalks and umbrellas during a shower or storm fall in a wide range of sizes, as anyone who pays attention can see. The explanation for this variety turns out ...

Raindrops are shaped like teardrops, right? Wrong! Let's discover rain's true shape. What do raindrops look like? Exactly how we drew them as kids, right? Wrong! Teardrop-shaped rain is physically ...

Scientists at the City University of Hong Kong have used a Teflon-coated surface and a phenomenon called triboelectricity to generate a charge from raindrops. “Here we develop a device to harvest ...

When asked to picture the shape of raindrops, many of us will imagine water looking like tears that fall from our eyes, or the stretched out drip from a leaky faucet. This popular misconception is ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Since childhood, many of us have grown up wth the impression that raindrops have a teardrop appearance to them. Even our weather computer gives off this impression with a ...

FARGO — We have all been told since childhood that no two snowflakes are alike (Actually there is a relatively small number of basic snow crystal patterns.), but have you ever thought about ...

We have all been told since childhood that no two snowflakes are alike (although there are a relatively small number of basic snow crystal patterns). But have you ever thought about differences ...

Carnivorous pitcher plants use falling raindrops to force prey to their doom, a new study finds. This finding suggests that pitcher plants are not merely motionless pitfall traps, but instead actively ...