News Venice is flooded right now and it looks miserable Mark Frauenfelder

water Refinishing my waxed-cotton raincoats Jason Weisberger

police Can't a naked man paddle his kayak during a typhoon in peace? Seamus Bellamy

rain Marvel at this incredibly inefficient puddle-shoveling David Pescovitz

microbiology Watch how raindrops turn into microbe-bearing aerosols Andrea James

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