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The mystery may now be solved. Physicist Edward Pierce reported to a recent conference on lightning and static electricity in San Diego that spraying sea water into holds can generate static electricity at the same rate as a summer thunderstorm. Though the resulting spark would be no lightning bolt, it...
And yet . . . and yet . . . The thought that angels are dead is a nagging one. It is unsatisfactory, and the root of the dissatisfaction goes back to an early angelologist, the so-called Pseudo-Dionysius, who warned in the 6th century that "in dwelling upon the nobler images it is probable...
Pagodas of Sand. At 63, U Nu is opening yet another round in one of Asia's longest-running contests for power. The moonfaced, celibate Buddhist monk became the Union of Burma's first Premier when the country gained independence from Britain in 1948. He was gentle and...
THE day after last week's elections, Research Director David Cooper of the Democratic National Committee peered out of his office window in Washington at the late afternoon darkness; lightning flashed, rain and hail pelted down. "That damn sky is about to drop on us," he joked. "Tell them...
From the tower to Apollo 11. On the other hand, lightning hit Apollo 12 as it left the Earth; and Apollo 13 exploded, failed to reach the moon's surface, and had all it could do to limp back home.