lightning

Lightning bugs! Insect swarms produce as much electricity as rain clouds

Buzz buzz.

By Cassidy Ward | 

3 weeks ago

When Thor’s hammer hits you, it leaves a mark on your bones

What happens if a lightning victim has been reduced to a skeleton by the time their remains are found?

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

It’s alive! Microbes on early Earth could have been jolted to life by lightning

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

Zzzzzt! Mars might be sparky

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago

A blue bolt out of the blue: On the edge of space, lightning leaps *upward*

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago

Doc Brown would be shocked by lightning "superbolts" almost 100 times more powerful than 1.21 gigawatts

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

Could a laser pointer be just as effective as Mjolnir in controlling lightning?

By Jeff Spry | 

2 years ago

Does lightning shockingly zap electricity into our bodies?

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

2 years ago

Shocking 440-mile-long megaflash lightning bolt shatters world record

By Jeff Spry | 

2 years ago

Thor's hammer be damned! Scientists find megalithic lightning rod on Scottish Isle

By Jeff Spry | 

2 years ago