Lightning bug populations appear to have dramatically decreased in recent years. The author reminisces about childhood memories of catching lightning bugs in jars. Habitat loss, pesticide use, and ...

NORFOLK, Va. — On a stormy Philadelphia night in June 1752, history tells us, Benjamin Franklin conducted his famous “kite experiment.” It’s said that Franklin and his son, William, used a silk kite ...

IN your issue of Feb. 14 (p. 380) there is an “Electrical Note” which is very misleading. You will perhaps allow me to say, therefore, that Mr. Acheson's photographs show no evidence of oscillation ...