As with so much in the realm of visual effects, there are a myriad of methods and tools that can be utilised to achieve the ...

Wow, talk about a serious flash. A single lightning bolt that lasted seven seconds and stretched 515 miles across five U.S. states has set a new world record for the longest flash ever recorded.

Scientists have long understood why lightning forms, but the atomic processes at the core of the phenomenon have remained largely a mystery—especially the strange mechanics behind terrestrial ...