Plants can sense the sound of rain, suggests a new study. Rice seeds sprouted faster to the sound of rainfall in a series of experiments by American scientists. They found that the sound of falling ...

When a heavy monsoon shower begins outside or the low, resonant vibration of a singing bowl fills a room, the immediate ...

The next time you find yourself lulled by the patter of rain outside your window, think how that same sprinkle might sound if you were a tiny seed planted directly below a free-falling droplet. Would ...