You definitely don't want to be on the receiving end of a lightning strike, but in the right doses the stuff may have a healing effect. A new study from Tel Aviv University suggests that the ...

Dipteryx oleifera trees not only survive lightning strikes, they grow taller, lose rivals, and reproduce more successfully.

A skilled team that got eliminated early in the playoffs by a tougher opponent a few years removed from a Stanley Cup Final loss signed a forward with his name engraved on the trophy and a big ...

Natural disasters are a rich mine of online misinformation, with content creators manipulating media or exploiting a lack of knowledge to make bogus and unverified claims. From repurposed videos to ...

PROF. MCMILLAN'S interesting letter in NATURE of July 25 (p. 295) contains some minute details of the effects of a lightning-stroke on a house near Calcutta, on June 8 last. I agree with the writer ...