As the weather warms, people spend more time outdoors, going to barbecues, beaches and ballgames. But summer isn’t just the season of baseball and outdoor festivals – it’s also lightning season. Each ...

As particles rub together from wind friction in a thunderstorm, the charges separate and static electricity develops. The negative charges or electrons separate to the bottom of the thunderstorm, ...

An e-mail from Sherrard wonders how fast lightning is. Lightning is extremely fast and extremely hot. Lightning is electricity, and as you know from turning on a light switch, electricity acts fast.

An e-mail from a Sherrard reader wonders how fast lightning is. Lightning is extremely fast and extremely hot. Lightning is electricity, and as you know from turning on a light switch, electricity ...

If you look at a map of lightning near the Port of Singapore, you’ll notice an odd streak of intense lightning activity right over the busiest shipping lane in the world. As it turns out, the ...

Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study, published in New Phytologist, reports that some tropical tree ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Most people don’t often witness the dramatic results of trees ...