On a stormy day, engineers at Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) launched a small aircraft into the ...

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.

Japan's NTT boasts that it has designed the world’s first lightning triggering and guidance system that leverages flying ...

You might have noticed the metal rods that airplanes have on their wings, but do the pieces have a name? What are they for ...

Lightning is often seen as a killer, leaving behind destruction and death of trees — but one tropical species has evolved to use the force of nature to its benefit. The tonka bean tree ...

Open auditions are being held for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical! The team behind the show is looking to cast the company for the upcoming UK tour. Rick Riordan’s bestselling The ...

Leavitt’s designer duds have become a lightning rod for criticism. For some, her image feels out of step with the populist messaging that has come to define Trump’s base. As one critic put it ...

Two Democrats broke ranks to join all Republicans in opposing the bill, which has become a lightning rod in the debate over how to handle youth in custody. The House previously passed the bill on ...

The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Elbridge Colby, President Trump’s “lightning rod” pick to serve as the Pentagon’s under secretary for policy, despite the private concerns of several ...

The lightning rods used to protect houses from lightning strikes work on a similar principle. Remember how a lightning arrester needs to detect power surges and quickly divert the lightning before ...

That said, electric trucks have already proved to be a bit of a lightning rod among fans, owing in no small part to the high price tags we’ve grown accustomed to seeing on them. We’ll have to ...