This familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly ...

Static electricity is so commonplace that it can come across as simple. Other teams are investigating how surface area and velocity during impact might govern charge transfer, and how the breaking ...

Lava flows and lightning strikes were the two most common fire starters or ancient peoples to cook their food and stay warm.

ND In 1967, catastrophic bushfires in Tasmania killed dozens of people - and very nearly destroyed Hobart.Author ...

A Mississippi State physicist has produced a direct laboratory measurement of a key nuclear reaction believed to occur during ...

Museums & Art Spaces AACA Museum 161 Museum Dr., Hershey 717-566-7100; aacamuseum.org “Mustang Then and Now,” through April 19 “Old School Rods and Customs, through April 19 SAAB Showroom, through ...

April marks the onset of intense tornado activity in the U.S., driven by warm, moist Gulf air clashing with cooler masses.

From the depths of the ocean to the forest floor at night, some animals can do something that seems almost magical: they make ...

From author talks and exhibitions to festivals, lectures, and offbeat events, here’s your guide to the DMV’s most eclectic spring offerings.

The amount of moisture in soil – and the way this moisture is distributed – combined with wind patterns in the lowest few kilometres of the atmosphere can influence where thunderstorms begin and how ...

There will be several leadership changes at Uplight Inc. in the wake of Octopus Energy Group Ltd. buying a majority stake in ...