Raindrops aren’t teardrop-shaped—they’re more like hamburger buns, shaped by surface tension and air resistance as they fall ...

The top remains spherical, even on bigger falling raindrops, because surface tension—those water molecules clinging to each other—is greater than the pressure of airflow above.

Raindrops falling on the roofs of new buildings in one south London borough will be recycled in future. Southwark Council has agreed that all new developments need to include rain catching devices to ...

The falling of raindrops embodies and reflects this unity, reminding us that every individual is part of nature’s metabolism, or rather, a cycle of life that encompasses the entire world.

In Florida, raindrops fall on our head pretty much from late May until November. It's also known as Hurricane Season, or Rainy Season, in the Sunshine State. But sometimes those raindrops can keep ...

Record-speed waves on extremely water-repellent surfaces. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 02 / 250213144449.htm ...