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Ball lightning is so strange it might just come from another dimension

Physics

Ball lightning is so strange it might just come from another dimension

Mysterious floating orbs of light have puzzled scientists for centuries, inspiring no end of creative explanations. A new idea suggests they aren't entirely of this world

Features

The horn-like knobs on a giraffe's head can be a deadly lightning rod

Life

The horn-like knobs on a giraffe's head can be a deadly lightning rod

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Sea turtles carrying thermometers could improve hurricane forecasts

Environment

Sea turtles carrying thermometers could improve hurricane forecasts

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Friederike Otto interview: Can we sue oil giants for extreme weather?

Earth

Friederike Otto interview: Can we sue oil giants for extreme weather?

Features

Siberian heatwave was 'impossible' without human-made climate change

Environment

Siberian heatwave was 'impossible' without human-made climate change

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We have recorded the biggest lightning flashes ever

Environment

We have recorded the biggest lightning flashes ever

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Lightning is killing our forests – and it's only going to get worse

Earth

Lightning is killing our forests – and it's only going to get worse

Features

nuclear explosion

Physics

Cold war nuclear bomb tests changed rainfall patterns over the UK

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Huge volcanic eruption in 2018 was triggered by torrential rains

Environment

Huge volcanic eruption in 2018 was triggered by torrential rains

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Sunny warm weather

Health

Will the spread of covid-19 be affected by changing seasons?

The factors that cause flu to decline in spring might apply to covid-19 too. But we don’t know yet if warm weather can curb the spread of the coronavirus

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Environment

The coronavirus pandemic could make weather forecasts less accurate

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Last Word

This week’s new questions

Regulars

Last Word

Hot and cold: Why do you feel cold at the same temperature in winter?

Regulars

Environment

We really can control the weather - but it may not be very useful

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