Sports arenas of the future could be protected by water cannons – not to control rampaging fans, but to deflect lightning strikes. In June, a group of American engineers plan to fire supersonic jets ...

Playwright Tom Stoppard, in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," provides one of the best definitions of science: "The scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defense against the ...

Considerations on the utility of conductors for lightning : in which the nature and properties of the lightning are explained, and the admirable uses of conductors ... clearly pointed out / by ...

The principle of a lightning rod or lightning conductor is that a metal rod attached to the top of a building, which then continues underground, will provide a preferential pathway for a lightning ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — As we enter the summer months, thunderstorms become more frequent and lightning becomes a safety concern as more people are outside when the weather gets warm. I'll explain how ...