PORTLAND, Ore. — Ball lightning has mystified electricity researchers since Benjamin Franklin first flew his kite in 1752. The very next year, Russian scientist Georg Richmann was killed by ball ...

MOLINE, Ill. — We're all familiar with lightning that goes from cloud to ground, ground to cloud, and cloud to cloud. The thin, step-like shaped bolt of electricity produces quite a bang as the air ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a massive storm swept through central Alberta in early July, a couple stood on their porch watching bolts of lightning play ...

Most Americans are familiar with the story of Benjamin Franklin and his famous 18th-century experiment in which he attached a metal key to a kite during a thunderstorm to see if the lightning would ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Somewhere deep in Siberia, a strungout Russian scientist has a little wisdom to offer. Wedged into the cabin of a geriatric biplane, flanked by a pair of nervous new acquaintances, Dr. Alexander Gemow ...