R esearchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made a new physics-based tool that can predict how ...

In October 1998, a shocking occurrence took place during a football match in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A bolt of lightning struck the pitch and resulted in the loss of the lives of 11 players ...

Many people take cover when thunderclouds threaten. Experimental drones from Japanese tech giant NTT rush toward them to "tame the lightning," says Senior Research Engineer Atsushi Nagao. In a ...

Lightning strike deaths increased in 2025 as 19 people were killed across the U.S. Men aged 20-39 were the most likely to be killed by lightning, according to the National Weather Service. Only three ...