Lightning is Incredibly Hot When people think of heat, they often think of things like boiling water or a hot summer's day. However, lightning dwarfs these common perceptions of warmth. A single bolt ...

Powerful lightning strikes pose a significant threat to buildings and people, but imagine if it were possible to control and direct them with a laser beam. Nature Photonics spoke to Jérôme ...

A man was killed by a fallen tree and thousands of others remain without power after heavy rain, winds and lightning lashed a swathe of Australia's southeast on Wednesday. The driver, believed to ...