In a new study, researchers found that type 2 diabetes can “rewire" the brain in ways similar to early Alzheimer’s disease.

Lightning forms due to a difference in charges. Negative charges accumulates at the bottom of the storm cloud. Of course, opposites attract. A positive charge accumulates on the ground under the ...

We still don't fully understand what triggers lightning. A new study suggests that showers of cosmic rays may be the missing link.

New international pollution laws may have helped researchers discover an unexpected way to stop lightning strikes.

With his electric makeover, Superman’s change was felt through all of DC Comics, with Superman working alongside and leading the other heroes of the Justice League in his lightning form.

Here are some things to keep in mind when your tree is struck by lightning Lightning is formed when negative charged ions collect in a cloud. At the same time, positive charged ions are forming on ...

In their view, inorganic molecules might have reacted due to energy from the Sun or lightning strikes to form life’s building blocks, like amino acids. Those building blocks, Oparin and Haldane ...

Lightning strikes are common in Florida, including Jacksonville. Trees struck by lightning may not need to be removed, as the damage varies depending on the intensity of the strike. It's crucial ...

which argues that life on the planet started from a lightning strike. That theory is based on a 1952 experiment showing that organic compounds could form with the application of electricity to a ...