Sandra Stone's family has been coming for years to the cabin along Clear Creek in Brookdale, California, that her great-grandparents built in 1907 using redwood for beams and cut glass crystal for ...
Total solar eclipses only happen in the same spot once every 300 or 400 years, so it's no surprise that a team of researchers ...
Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries. Known as “will-o’-the-wisp,” “jack-o’-lantern,” “corpse candle” and “ignis fatuus” (“foolish fire ...
Google’s Pixel Buds are the company’s answer to Apple’s AirPods, and they conveniently work with iPhones, as well. They have ...
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Playwright Tom Stoppard, in Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead, provides one of the best definitions of science: “The scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defence against the ...
For the first time, a team of scientists used high-frequency satellite observations to create an experiment that can detect lightning and its impact on the air. The team found that thunderstorms ...
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When lightning strikes, it’s not just dramatic, it’s chemical. Turns out, every bolt releases nitrogen oxide, the same stuff your car coughs out in traffic. Scientists just tracked it from space. Now, ...
Picture this: You’re stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power outages or possible flooding, but you ...
Picture this: You’re stuck in traffic on a summer afternoon, checking the weather app on your phone as dark storm clouds roll in. You might think about power outages or possible flooding, but you ...
Benjamin Franklin experimented with electricity on fowl. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis, courtesy of The Library of Congress In 1751 Benjamin Franklin planned an electrical ...