New research suggests getting struck by lightning might be beneficial for Dipteryx oleifera trees. © Left: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Right: wirestock via ...

Carly Electric, 30, from Queensland in Australia was struck by lightning. A woman who was paralysed after being struck by lightning has revealed that her eyes have now changed colour. Queensland ...

Evan Gora / Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Getting struck by lightning might not sound like a very wise idea to us, but for one tropical tree species, an occasional zap is a good thing.

“Seeing that there are trees that get struck by lightning and they’re fine was just mind-blowing,” Gora recalled. Over time, the team encountered other Dipteryx oleifera trees thriving after getting ...

Instead of being random, lightning may play a targeted role in helping certain trees dominate, survive, and thrive. Back in 2015, Gora was deep in Panama’s forests when something unusual caught his ...

Researchers tracked lightning strikes in the forest between 2014 and 2019. They placed cameras and sensors around Barro Colorado Island to find exactly where lightning struck. They recorded 94 strikes ...

This percentage drops to 0.004 per cent in the case of 20-second wave periods. In comparison, the chance that a person will be struck by lightning is 1 in 12,000 or 0.0833 per cent. The reason for the ...

It caused her eyes to light up. An Australian woman is lucky to be alive after getting struck by lightning, although she was left with a peculiar complication — her pupils are now a different color.

No injuries were reported in any of the fires. A home in the 900 block of Greystone Highlands Circle has significant damage possibly due to a lightning strike. A home in the 3800 block of Carisbrooke ...

"Seeing that there are trees that get struck by lightning and they're fine was just mind-blowing," Gora recalled. Over time, the team encountered other Dipteryx oleifera trees thriving after ...

A young woman has detailed the one-in-a-million experience of being struck by lightning - which initially left her struggling to breathe, move or speak. Luckily, she survived with minimal ...