Scientists have revealed a hidden trigger of lightning that could resolve a centuries-old weather mystery. Earth is struck by some 44 bolts of lightning each second, on average. Despite this, ...

A new study suggests that microscopic lightning bolts—called microlightning—within water droplets may have helped forge the ...

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

wirestock via Freepik While the origin of life on Earth is still up for debate, the Miller-Urey hypothesis suggests that a strike of lightning into ocean water mixed with inorganic gases may have ...

Greg Foot investigates whether a human being can survive when struck by lightning. He uses a Tesla coil to produce very high voltages of static electricity that simulate lightning strikes.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A deep learning-based model has been developed to improve lightning risk prediction for power grids. Utilizing wide-area lightning monitoring data and ...

Scientists have revealed a hidden trigger of lightning that could resolve a centuries-old weather mystery. Earth is struck by some 44 bolts of lightning each second, on average. Despite this ...