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Gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) emitted from thunderstorms…..Credit: NASA When thinking about particle physics, most people will think about laboratories and human-built devices, especially the monster atom smashers like the Tevatron or Large Hadron Collider. Well, it turns out nature beat us to it. The primal particle accelerator on Earth turns out to be the thunderstorm. Every [...]