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A group of scientists said they were able to guide lightning bolts using laser technology for the first time. In new work published in the journal Nature Photonics, international researchers said ...

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Chronic curiosity led Benjamin Franklin to fly a kite into a thunderstorm-he got a mild shock and proof that lightning is electrical. A year later, a Russian professor tried the experiment and was ...

Ball lightning has mystified scientists and witnesses for centuries, appearing as glowing orbs during thunderstorms that seem to defy physics. While thousands of people report seeing these luminous ...

Science class teaches kids about protons, neutrons, and electrons. Discovery Lab is taking that learning a step further by using a Van de Graaff electrostatic generator to demonstrate how these ...

A crack of lightning, a burst of heat, and suddenly a glowing sphere hangs in the sky like a craft from another world. Scientists now say this is not fantasy or folklore, but hard physics, after a ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - This episode is about lightning. We will use a balloon and a CFL lightbulb to explore static electricity. Static electricity is the movement of electrons between two objects, just ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - From tingling skin to hair standing on end, Mother Nature gives us a warning that lightning is imminent. Some signs aren’t as flashy, known as corona discharge. This is an ...

On top of a Swiss mountain, a car-sized laser has helped guide lightning from the sky to the ground. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd ...