After briefly considering rubbing a potato on the windshield as prescribed by the old wives’ tale, we were quite grateful for the invention of Rain-X — a water-repelling chemical treatment for ...
Mention rain repellents, and it won’t be long before Rain-X comes up. It gave its name to the sector and remains a solid performer. In fact, there was little to choose between it and Turtle Wax ...
It was slow when first applied, and seemed to disappear quickly. It cleaned pretty well and was best in the freezer with Rain-X, but that could not overcome the beading result. Limited labelling ...
You’ll be glad to own the best rain boots as soon as the wet season rolls around. Rain boots are designed to protect your feet and legs from downpours, flooding and mud, whether you’re ...
Learn more› By Eve O'Neill Unlined, unpretentious, and fully waterproof—few pieces of footwear reward joyful, mud-stomping impulses as much as a pair of great rain boots. Over the past six ...
2 min read More than half of Earth’s rain forests have already been lost due to the human demand for wood and arable land. Rain forests that once grew over 14 percent of the land on Earth now ...
It turns out it's not just gratitude that makes rain smell so appealing after a long period of dry weather. There's actually some chemistry involved too. Bacteria, plants and even lightning can ...
For a small group of islands, the United Kingdom gets its fair share of rain. Whether it’s hard and horizontal, fine drizzle, or a sudden, wet-to-the-undies downpour, the Brits know a thing or ...
Females (XX) carry twice as many X-linked genes on their sex chromosomes as males (XY). How do cells control gene expression to manage this potentially lethal dosage problem? A prime example of X ...