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Lightning Strikes May Release Deadly, High-Energy ‘Killer Electrons’ That Can Fry Electronics and Humans

Christopher Plain·October 12, 2024

Scientists say lightning strikes may be releasing deadly high-energy "killer electrons" that can fry electronics and humans alike.

String Theory scientists say they have "hacked" Pi, resulting in a whole new way to represent the famously irrational number.

Christopher Plain·October 20, 2023

A perplexing series of tracks that astronomers first dismissed as noise appear to be something else entirely.