Most lightning strike survivors have no visible scars, but their invisible injuries often go untreated.
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Lightning doesn’t travel in a straight line, with many so-called ‘leaders’ coming down from the cloud in a series of jagged steps. Until now, no one has known why.
This tool can identify cause of death by fatal lightning strike in skeletonised remains.
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Adjunct Research Professor of Physics, Adelaide University
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Lecturer, School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Osteoarchaeology, Uppsala University
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Adelaide University
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