As storm season ramps up, so does lightning danger -- and with it, decades of misinformation. Let's set the record straight ...

Scientists and engineers at the Japanese telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) ...

In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural ...

On a stormy day, engineers at Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) launched a small aircraft into the ...

While lightning is a very interesting phenomenon to watch, it is very dangerous. Lightning strikes can cause up to 47 deaths ...

Japan has just found a way to take lightning control to a whole new level. Instead of dangling keys from kites, they’re ...

About 1.4 billion lightning strikes occur around the world each year — if we could harness them, it would meet roughly 1.5 ...

With millions of lightning strikes recorded each year in the United States, protection should be a priority. However, is your car a safe potential safe shelter?

What we often call "heat lightning" is just lightning from a storm far away from us, but you can't hear the thunder.

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

DEADLY lightning could soon be a worry of the past thanks to a new power-hungry drone that may generate free electricity in ...