It’s a cloudy evening. You are sitting at your window and, suddenly, it starts raining. Along comes that earthy smell Ever wondered, why does rain smell so good? In the last episode of season 1 of IndiaAsksWhy, Utsuka and Jigyasa talk about the origins of the smell of rain! They discover how microbes and the winds together lead to this lovely aroma!

In the Ask A Scientist segment, they speak to Dr. Samay Pande, who studies the evolution of bacteria to understand why organisms help each other!

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