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Saturn Lightning Storm Breaks Record

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 - 09:01:42 - Anuradha Menon

A lightning storm has been raging on Saturn since mid-January, making the tempest the longest-lasting storm ever detected in our solar system...

iPod Saves Teenager from Lightning Strike

Saturday, June 20th, 2009 - 16:22:52 - Anuradha Menon

This iPod saved its owner from shuffling into the Great Beyond. Sophie Frost, 14, survived a lightning strike this week when the wires in her...

Bendy Laser Beams Fired through the Air

Sunday, April 12th, 2009 - 14:06:24 - Sarah Gingichashvili

The Norse thunder god Thor deflected lightning with his hammer. Physicists could soon replicate this feat using curved laser beams. Bending lightning...

CASSIUS – 'Punched' Lampshades
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 - Itay Galim
Stephen Williams and Hannes Walter of the Austrian based company FluidForm took individual design to an all new level with...

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How Lightning Works?

Monday, March 24th, 2008 - 12:20:33 - Ehud Rattner

Zeus's weapon has been cracked. Researchers say they have finally worked out how lightning forms, how it escapes the storm cloud that fosters it -...

Tesla Master of Lightning
Friday, November 30th, 2007 - Iddo Genuth
Tesla Master of lightning – This PBS special was first broadcasted in the U.S. in 2004. The corresponding website...