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 Guildernstern are Dead, provides one of the best definitions of science: “The scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defence against the ...
Nobody has all the answers to the world’s energy questions, so New Scientist has teamed up with Statoil to search for solutions from New Scientist’s audience. The question posed was: How much energy ...
A group of scientists have created a high-power laser beam that they claim lightning will follow for a period of time. Physicists have published a new study in the scientific journal Nature Photonics ...
MR. H. C. BROWNE, in a letter on the early use of the lightning conductor (NATURE, Aug. 15, p. 242), quotes the “Tableau de Paris”. Readers of NATURE may wish to refer to this interesting work. The ...
Carleton University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Carleton University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Playwright Tom Stoppard, in Rosencrantz and ...
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