Lightning is one of nature’s most spectacular and terrifying phenomena. The bright flashes and booming thunder have caught ...

Lightning, which can heat the atmosphere to five times the temperature of the surface of the sun, is the result of a powerful ...

Now, a new study has used computer models to reveal that lightning strikes as the result of a powerful chain reaction that ...

A new study shows lightning begins with cosmic rays from space, uncovering how storms create the energy behind Earth’s most powerful strikes.

The brief reprieve on the way includes daytime highs in the 70s and lowered dew points. Benjamin Franklin famously quipped: “Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.” Franklin was ahead of his time ...

Today we think of Franklin as a founder of American independence who also dabbled in science. But in Franklin's day it was otherwise--long before he was an eminent statesman, he was famous for his ...

This past month, we celebrated independence day for the United States. The U.S. was founded by a group of revolutionaries who ...

Even before there was a United States, the US Postal Service was established and one of the most intriguing Founding Fathers ...

As evident by the Coldplay KissCam incident, “social media surveillance” has eroded what privacy expectations we can have in ...

Postal clerks and carriers at the U.S. Post Office in downtown Santa Cruz celebrated the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Postal ...

The morning light gently broke, casting a glow over clouds that billowed like snow-capped mountains, while the crowing of roosters added a serene touch to the dawn at a lightning research base, where ...