Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rain after a dry spell produces a particular smell and the main contributor to the smell is geosmin caused by actinobacteria, or ...

What happens as a raindrop impacts bare soil has been fairly well-studied, but what happens to raindrops afterward is poorly understood. We know that the initial splash of raindrops on soil ...

If you were wondering what that strange substance falling from the sky was Tuesday morning, it was rain. After nearly a month without measurable rainfall at Austin's weather station at Camp Mabry, ...