Credit: Mashable Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Like Sphero’s impressive Ultimate Lightning McQueen robot toy before it, R2-D2 benefits from Sphero’s Robot Animator system ...

Organized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other partners, Lightning Safety Awareness Week is held the last full week of June each year. Lightning is one of the ...

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Florence Pugh jumping off the second-highest building in the world. The high-flying, high fashion-favoring Pugh performed the leap for Marvel’s ...

Rather, this image shows lightning strikes on Earth, illuminating clouds at night as seen from above. "This is what lightning looks like from the top down," wrote Anne McClain, a NASA astronauts ...

While the new villains stage show is replacing Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy, I anticipate the villains show will draw larger crowds than that attraction ever did. READ MORE – This ...

In fact, so coveted are McQueen relics that a simple 1970 Porsche 911S he once owned — a car worth in the mid-five figures — just sold at auction for $1.3 million. Most of us aren't really ...

He's the lead author on a new study that examines the mysterious relationship between TGFs and lightning bolts — and, according to this study, scientists have observed a TGF synchronized with a ...

The defending champion Florida Panthers ousted the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 in Game 5, wrapping up a convincing series win that bodes well for their repeat bid. The Panthers, healthy after dealing ...

The New York Islanders have the man to make the first pick in the draft. The team hired Tampa Bay Lightning assistant general manager Mathieu Darche as its new GM. Darche, 48, has worked in Tampa ...

A Southwest Airlines jetliner taxis down a runway for departure from Denver International Airport in Denver on Friday. (David Zalubowski / AP) ...

A Southwest Airlines plane flying to Denver on Sunday was struck by lightning upon its descent as storms plagued the area over Memorial Day weekend. Southwest Flight 168 was approaching Denver ...

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