Playwright Tom Stoppard, in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," provides one of the best definitions of science: "The scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defense against the ...

Engineers across many disciplines are aware of and concerned with lightning—and for good reasons. A lightning strike can cause significant structural damage, house and forest fires, and severe ...

A Pembroke Pines family is facing costly repairs after a lightning strike destroyed wiring inside their home and the powerful moment was caught on surveillance video. The strike happened Wednesday ...

When lightning strikes are abundant, so are wildfires – some in remote places across the state. Scientists warn there may be more in the future. As dozens of wildfires burn across California after a ...

The City of Tshwane says power outages are continuing to affect suburbs in the western, northern, and eastern parts of the ...