A Tokyo-based tech giant claims to have created the first drone in the world to induce and guide lightning strikes. Like Zeus on his winged chariot, or – more realistically – a flying lightning rod, ...

For as long as people have watched storms roll across the sky, lightning has inspired awe and fear. You can see the flash and ...

Scientists and engineers at the Japanese telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) successfully triggered a lightning strike using a drone. To do this, the team ...

Lightning has fascinated its observers since the beginning of human history. Those who painted the Lascaux cave walls in France approximately 20,000 years ago are believed to have represented it in ...

The crater of Mount Ruang flamed with lava against a backdrop of lightning bolts overnight after erupting five times - Copyright AFP/File Kena Betancur The crater of ...

It's that time of year when things start greening up more, and it seems to brighten up by the day. I was home Monday as it was storming outside, and I thought, "Man, that's the first time I've seen ...

The crack of lightning has always seemed straightforward — clouds build up electric charge, and eventually, it snaps. But the chain of events that lights the sky has remained an atmospheric puzzle for ...