Have you ever encountered roadway puddles that turned out to be worse than you thought? It is easy to misjudge a puddle and assume that there is no need for concern. One time, I took a puddle at full ...

As the new year arrived in 2016, my home city of Newcastle upon Tyne was briefly the centre of global attention – for a puddle. The Drummond Puddle, as it was grandly known, was a watery hazard placed ...

It’s official: Australians endured the coldest, wettest summer in at least five years thanks to La Niña, a climate phenomenon over the Pacific Ocean. Before we knew it, autumn rolled in bringing more ...