Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

In the mid-18th century, Benjamin Franklin helped elucidate the nature of lightning and endorsed the protective value of ...

An airplane flying between oppositely charged regions can trigger lightning within a cloud, from cloud to cloud, or from cloud to ground. Chris Cosner Every airliner is struck by lightning in ...

Both the National Weather Service and the National Lightning Safety Council stopped recommending the crouch 17 years ago ...