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Articles by Carolyn Donovan and Wan Chi Lau

Clapp, meet Bartlett :-)

April 26, 2026 // 0 Comments

Our “Clapp’s Favorite” pear tree made it through its second New England winter! The tree started budding at the beginning of April, but a last-minute cold [...]

Buffalo Leather Work Gloves: DIY Repair

April 12, 2026 // 0 Comments

Those who know us know that we like things that: work, last for a long time, and if/when they “break,” we can fix them ourselves (if we can). Recently, while [...]

Celestron NexImage 10: FirstUse

April 4, 2026 // 0 Comments

We posted a FirstLook on the NexImage 10 a while back, and had intended to follow up with the FirstUse a few weeks later. A few of our RainyDayScience readers called us out [...]

Addonics RAID Tower III: InTheWild

March 28, 2026 // 0 Comments

With inexpensive cloud storage widely available, does anyone still use local RAID storage for backups? Surprisingly, RAID (aka Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) remains [...]

AirTag Cat Collar: InTheWild

March 20, 2026 // 0 Comments

Precision Finding (PF) is an AirTag feature for iPhone 11 and later (excluding SE), that uses Ultra Wideband (U1/U2 chip) to show precise distance and direction to a lost [...]

Vintage Audubon Nature Encyclopedia

March 13, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Audubon Nature Encyclopedia is a 12-volume, lavishly illustrated vintage reference work, often praised for its detailed, accessible articles on flora and fauna. This [...]

ARRIS Graphene Heated Jacket: FirstLook

March 6, 2026 // 0 Comments

When we took a FirstLook at Graphene-X’s new ThermAdapt Heated Jacket, readers asked a LOT of questions. The most frequently asked one was “Why does the [...]

AirTag Cat Collar: FirstLook/FirstUse

February 27, 2026 // 0 Comments

It has almost been a year since Reese, our new RainyDayIntern, joined us. He has grown from a wee kitten to a large and muscular cat. Trying to keep track of his whereabouts [...]

Modernist Cuisine: FirstLook

February 22, 2026 // 0 Comments

We attended a talk at the Museum of Science back in 2014 given by Nathan Myhrvold, the lead author and founder of Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking. He is [...]
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