Latest about lightning
Lightning Strikes and Kills Motorcyclist. Why Rubber Tires Didn't Protect Him.
Here's why a motorcycle's rubber tires didn't protect the rider when lightning struck.
Exploding Stars May Have Put Humanity on Two Feet
Is there a cosmic origin for human bipedalism?
A Single Thundercloud Carries 1 Billion Volts of Electricity
A single thundercloud is more powerful than even the most potent nuclear plants on Earth. Scientists used cosmic rays to prove it.
A Field Covered in Dead, Headless Reindeer and Poop Is Teaching Us About the Circle of Life
Scavengers are helping transform a grim landscape in Norway
Plasma Scientists Created Invisible, Whooping 'Whistlers' in a Lab
The strange radio bursts usually circle the Earth like electromagnetic ghosts, but scientists have now created and studied their shapes in a plasma chamber on Earth.
Artists Have Been Drawing Lightning Bolts Wrong for Centuries
If you draw lightning bolts like crooked zigzags, then you're doing it wrong — but at least you're in good company. Artists have drawn lightning incorrectly for hundreds of years, a new study finds.
Ghostly 'Lightning' Waves Discovered Inside a Nuclear Reactor
Whistler waves are normally produced in the atmosphere by lightning. They could help protect nuclear fusion reactors from runaway electrons.
A Massive Electrical Field Aligned All the Snowflakes in This Week's Nor'easter
A powerful storm is causing ice crystals to form strange, radar-confusing patterns above New York City.
