Human brains and lightning-discharges – what might they have in common? Could there be potentially congruent scale-invariant quantitative properties connecting the two? These questions have been examined by professor Michael A. Persinger of the psychology dept. at Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada. The professor presents his findings in the May 2012 edition of the scholarly journal […]
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Elves, lightning, El Niño and La Niña
Complain all you like that it would be dull to study the weather. This study demonstrates otherwise: “Occurrence of elves and lightning during El Niño and La Niña,” Wu, Y. J.; Chen, A. B.; Hsu, H. H.; Chou, J. K.; Chang, S. C.; Lee, L. J.; Lee, Y. J.; Su, H. T.; Kuo, C. L.; Hsu, […]
Lightning, now and then
Investigator Lawrence Masterson writes: “I am, by my own admission, a lightning enthusiast. I want to direct your attention to one of my favorite publications, the Journal of Lightning Research. It appears about as often as lightning strikes, is the way I like to describe how often a new issue comes out. There were three […]