A Tokyo-based tech giant claims to have created the first drone in the world to induce and guide lightning strikes.

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When a bolt of lightning cracked through the sky over Japan last December, it didn’t come by chance. It came because a drone ...

An airplane flying between oppositely charged regions can trigger lightning within a cloud, from cloud to cloud, or from cloud to ground. Chris Cosner Every airliner is struck by lightning in ...

A new caged drone has been developed that can trigger lightning strikes and can safely redirect the electricity.

Though being struck by lightning is usually bad, the tropical tree Dipteryx oleifera benefits. A strike kills other nearby trees and parasitic vines.

Japanese tech conglomerate NTT has created a drone that triggers lightning, is then struck by a heavenly bolt it instigated, ...

The development of lightning-resistant structures for drones, enables them to withstand direct strikes without malfunctioning ...