Our eyes deceive us when lightning strikes like a giant spark cracking the sky in two. That giant spark is only as big around as a golf ball. Like everything else in nature, it happens for a reason.

The age-old maxim says lightning never strikes the same place twice. Florida would beg to disagree.The state is the lightning capital of the United States as measured in deaths by lightning, with four ...

Zimbabwe is one of the most lightning-struck places on Earth, and a mix of extreme weather and deep-rooted superstition is ...

In He Built a Lightning Gun, the creator demonstrates an incredible feat of engineering by building a device that generates lightning on demand. Dr. Ben Miles, a nuclear engineer, reacts to the ...