Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Strikes of lightning may have caused some of life's most important evolution on Earth, a new study reports. The scientific ...

A new study suggests that cloud-to-ground lightning might have been key in creating the building blocks essential for life on Earth from nitrogen and carbon. In Earth's early days, comets, asteroids ...

The spark that transfers a charge from one carbon particle to another, generating lightning and possibly life itself, is ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Lightning is one of the most underestimated dangers during severe weather. Beyond the immediate physical threat, numerous myths about lightning behavior can actually put you ...

The scientific community has been electrified by this new theory. The inception of life on Earth may have been the result of chemical reactions sparked by lightning strikes, a new study from Harvard ...