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

The trees may have even evolved to act as lightning rods. Lightning kills hundreds of millions of trees per year. But in 2015, while working in Panama, Gora and his colleagues came across a ...

Lightning rods can help with this. A Lightning Rod serves two purposes; it protects the farm and also collects energy, creating a Battery Pack the day after it has been hit by lightning during a ...

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However, former Rangers defender Maurice Ross believes Ferguson, 47, can be a "lightning rod" and drive standards at a club languishing 13 points behind Premiership leaders Celtic but with a ...