Imagine looking through a fogged-up car window. You can see shapes and movement on the other side, but everything is blurry, the colors muted. Now imagine if that’s what the world looked like every ...

If you were lucky enough to see a few rain showers earlier today, you may have noticed a distinct "earthy" smell as the rain came down. That smell has a name, petrichor. That petrichor smell is ...

With cool, breezy, showery weather forecast across the country for the end of July, you may experience the lovely aroma of petrichor - otherwise known as the smell of rain. Rain falls in Ramsgate, ...

When those first fat drops of summer rain fall to the hot, dry ground, have you ever noticed a distinctive odor? I have childhood memories of family members who were farmers describing how they could ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...