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PHOENIX - Ten John C. Birdlebough High School seniors were recently inducted into the Tri-M music honor society for their scholastic achievements and musical talents.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month, a time to shed light on a problem that is affecting so many of our nation's children. One Central Texas seventh-grader was inspired to start a campaign and is reaching out to the community after facing bullying herself.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE, BYLINE: Hey, Maddie. So listen; I have a question for you. SOFIA: OK. GREENFIELDBOYCE: If I asked you what comes to mind when you think of lightning and life, what would you say? SOFIA: Lightning and life (laughter) - maybe Frankenstein. You know, that lightning got them where they were going. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "FRANKENSTEIN") COLIN CLIVE: (As Henry Frankenstein) It's alive. It's alive. It's alive. It's alive. GREENFIELDBOYCE: All right. Yeah, that's what everybody thinks of. But today, I have a different story about lightning and life. And this on...

Trillions of lightning bolts may have jumpstarted life on Earth By (0) Researchers say in a new study that trillions of lightning strikes billions of years ago may have unlocked phosphorous on the Earth's surface, kickstarting life on the planet. File Photo by cephotoclub/Shutterstock March 16 (UPI) -- Trillions and trillions of lightning strikes may have unlocked the phosphorous needed to spark life on Earth, according to a new study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications. "This work helps us understand how life may have formed on Earth and how it could still be forming on ...

A PIECE of fulgurite, a glassy rock created by lightning strike that hits the surface and causes melting and vaporisation.—Reuters WASHINGTON: The emergence of the Earth’s first living organisms billions of years ago may have been facilitated by a bolt out of the blue — or perhaps a quintillion of them. Researchers said on Tuesday that lightning strikes during the first billion years after the planet’s formation roughly 4.5 billion years ago may have freed up phosphorus required for the formation of biomolecules essential to life. The study may offer insight into the origins of Earth�...