Lightning is one of nature's most awesome displays, but it can also be one of its most deadly. Thankfully, there's a way to ...

Sunday night's storms put a lightning bolt in the path of a car, leading to a close call for one North Alabama family.

To study otherwise unpredictable thunder and lightning, SwRI scientists launch ... The copper wire creates a conductive path for the bolt so the team can focus their instruments and conduct ...

This is the archetypal lightning bolt, one that arcs out of the sky and smites the ground with a great, often flickering flash of light. Lightning is the sudden release of built-up charge stored ...