The Texas A&M urban flood study found that cities can actually change the weather, depending on the type of weather event.

Cities don't just change the landscape, they change the weather. According to a new study analyzing tens of thousands of rain ...

MIT engineers report that raindrop-generated acoustic vibrations can act as mechanical cues that accelerate seed germination, clarifying how plants monitor their surroundings. The team found that rain ...

The sound of rain stimulates growth in rice seeds, a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found ...

Plant wax preserved in lake sediments reveals what the Earth's climate and rainfall were like 240,000 years ago.

A study says that the world is seeing more rain overall, but it's also getting drier. The confounding findings reveal a big ...

Plants have been found to react to touch, light, smells, and even the buzzing of insects, and more recently to the sound of ...

Researchers at MIT have suggested that rice seeds can hear the sound of rain, according to a new study. MIT calls it "the ...

Thus, notes of a lower pitch are sometimes perceived as more relaxing than notes that are higher pitched. Again, this doesn’t ...

An opera singer who hid her deafness for over 30 years has described “life-changing” surgery that has the potential to become ...

Plant seeds can sense the vibrations generated by falling raindrops and respond by waking from their state of dormancy to welcome the water, new research shows.

Inaudible infrasound from old pipes and ventilation systems may affect how people feel, research indicates For believers in the paranormal, unsettling sensations brought on by old buildings can be a ...