Raindrops do tend to miss the back window, however. Wind passing over the rear of the car is accelerated on a downward angle, flowing parallel to and just above the rear window.

On rainy days, the windows generate electricity using raindrops. Furthermore, they incorporate a transparent heater that can quickly defrost or de-ice the surface in colder weather.

Raindrops aren’t teardrop-shaped—they’re more like hamburger buns, shaped by surface tension and air resistance as they fall ...

Shreya Shankar looks out at the rain. She is so enthused by what she sees that she decides to take a couple of pictures.

It was pouring it down outside and the water was streaming down the window and I thought it looked quite effective how the moonlight outside caught the raindrops enhancing the patterns they made ...

The rain will stop in two hours — and when it stops, the city will wake up to a sunny sky, clueless about the wet melancholy of the night.

Wind and gravity compete to make some raindrops go up while others slide down, a mathematical analysis suggests.

Photos: Walk Between The Raindrops At MoMA's New "Rain Room" By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .

A raccoon captured the hearts of web surfers after leaning its head out of a car window to catch some raindrops.