Much like Lichtenberg figures appear across wood, the resulting shape mimics the path of the lightning bolt as it discharged into the ground. And yes, people make jewelry out of fulgurites.

Figure 1. A 54-year-old man was struck by lightning and was initially stuporous. The emergency medical team found him conscious and in sinus rhythm, with normal vital signs and numbness and ...

In her too-short career, the painter Christina Ramberg studied the many contortions that being a woman can demand.

The Brazilian nun, who was born in 1908, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person in January Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at ...

The Shibutani siblings won bronze in the 2018 Winter Olympics before Maia was diagnosed with cancer in 2019 Natasha Dye is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE covering sports. Her previous work appears ...

A Brazilian nun named the world’s oldest person in early 2025 has died, according to LongeviQuest, an agency that tracks the world’s longest-living people. Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas died on ...

Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest person in the world, died on Wednesday 30 April in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the age of 116 years and 326 days. Ethel Caterham from the United Kingdom is now ...

Titled Jeune femme faisant du crochet (Julie Lemmen), 1890, the painting portrays the artist’s sister, Julie Fréderique ...

Some lucky people have rare genetic mutations that enable them to feel well-rested after just four hours of sleep, while the rest of us need around eight hours to function.

An eighth person has died months after the crash of a medical transport plane in Philadelphia, city officials said Tuesday. Dominique Goods-Burke, who was in a vehicle hit by debris when the plane ...