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Collects energy from lightning storms and turns it into battery packs. Lightning on a Farm can be troublesome. It can destroy trees and crops, and generally make a mess of your meticulously planned ...

Last year marked the 270th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s lightning rod — but it’s more than a relic of history. The Franklin rod remains in use today because the simple design exploits some ...

With a high-speed camera and the luck of being in the right place at the right time, physicist Marcelo Saba, a researcher at Brazil’s National Space Research Institute (INPE), and PhD candidate Diego ...