When lightning splits off like this, there's a chance it will strike the ground in multiple places. Credit: Felix Mittermeier/Unsplash Although the likelihood of a human being hit by lightning is ...

And lightning seems to happen more often closer to the equator. The map above shows the average yearly counts of lightning flashes per square kilometer from 1995 to 2013. Areas with the fewest ...

Strike fixes this. As Strike enters the El Salvador market, for instance, customers will be able to send global payments instantly and for free thanks to the Lightning Network. “This is the next ...