Researcher asks if it rains more on weekends

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Updated August 24, 2009 07:08:26

A major conference on water and climate opens today in Melbourne, with hundreds of scientists and experts flying in from all over the world. Among the papers is one asking a question many of us have asked ourselves: does it rain more often on weekends, or is it all in the mind?

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Professor Rit Carbone, National Centre for Atmospheric Research, Colorado, USA

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