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How Big Can Lightning Get?

On Oct. 22, 2017, storm clouds gathering above the central United States released a flash of lightning so huge that it illuminated the skies above Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Horizontally spanning more than 310 miles (500 kilometers) across these three…

Closest Living Relative of Extinct ‘Bigfoot’ Found

Scientists analyzed ancient proteins in fossils from the enormous primate Gigantopithecus to identify its closest living relative. The mythical and elusive “Bigfoot” is a creature of legend, but for millions of years, the original Bigfoot — a shaggy, bipedal ape…