In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural ...

Japan’s NTT develops drones that can trigger and guide lightning, aiming to protect cities and study storm behavior.

but their height and voluminous crowns act as natural lightning rods, attracting strikes that damage foes and boost their competitive advantage in the dense jungle. The finding, reported March 26 ...

SACRAMENTO, California — President Donald Trump has chosen a California Republican state lawmaker who helped prosecute the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attacks and elevated his profile ...

His electric speed was enticing, but his lack of defensive responsibility and penchant for turnovers made him a lightning rod. This season, however, it started to come together for the 26-year-old ...

The trees may have even evolved to act as lightning rods. Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study ...

The trees may have even evolved to act as lightning rods. The research was led by Evan Gora, a forest ecologist at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Gora studies how lightning impacts ...

earning him the nickname "Human Lightning Rod." Shettima's call for unity and compassion resonated with participants, as he framed peace as a security necessity and a prerequisite for economic ...

“It seems like it was a great success and a great kind of lightning rod for the initiative moving forward,” Probst says. “We now have U32 in the US, but now we can also spread the initiative ...

As lightning shoots to the ground, it produces heat as hot as 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is much hotter than the sun. There’s no doubt that lightning is a great danger when a thunderstorm ...

D. oleifera’s wide crown and tall height, which enhance its chance of being hit, make it a living lightning rod. And it might resist damage by being more electrically conductive than other tree ...

TAMPA, Fla. — In a crowded field of generational talents, Tampa Bay Lightning wing Nikita Kucherov hides in plain sight. That’s often the case with Kucherov, who just won his second ...