Playwright Tom Stoppard, in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," provides one of the best definitions of science: "The scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defense against the ...

Engineers across many disciplines are aware of and concerned with lightning—and for good reasons. A lightning strike can cause significant structural damage, house and forest fires, and severe ...

A Pembroke Pines family is facing costly repairs after a lightning strike destroyed wiring inside their home and the powerful moment was caught on surveillance video. The strike happened Wednesday ...

When lightning strikes are abundant, so are wildfires – some in remote places across the state. Scientists warn there may be more in the future. As dozens of wildfires burn across California after a ...

Thousands of lightning strikes lit up the skies over Southern California over the past two days, as the region prepares for ...

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