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Catching lightning in a fossil – and calculating how much energy a strike contains

  • Written by Matthew Pasek, Associate Professor of Geosciences, University of South Florida
imageVery powerful, try to avoid.Rick Wilson, CC BY-NC

For most of human history, people have been terrified by lightning. Frightening bolts from above, lightning was a tool of the gods to smite mortals for their hubris (or their unfortunate penchant for seeking shelter from storms under trees). The discovery and implementation of Benjamin...

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