Each year, there are millions of lightning strikes in the United States. These strikes can be dangerous with about 20 people ...

Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning, a new study suggests, offering an out-of-this-world answer to a ...

Things took a more frightening turn after, all of a sudden, the victim lost “all feeling” in her limbs.” “I couldn’t move, not even an inch,” recounted the distraught woman, who asked her roommate to ...

But a puzzle lies in how clouds' electric fields that are simply too weak ... the team was able to reconstruct a ...

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

Superman’s new electric powers didn’t come without their drawbacks, however. In turning into a sentient lightning bolt, Superman required a containment suit to keep himself intact without ...