Scientists used a laser beam to bend a bolt of lightning for the first time

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Side by side images show lightning seemingly curving away from its path to follow a bright laser beam being shot toward the sky
Two side-by-side pictures of a lightning bolt interacting with a laser. It shows the bolt following the path of the laser on its way to the ground.

Houard, A., Walch, P., Produit, T. et al. Nat. Photon (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-022-01139-z. CC-BY 4.0

They were lured from Cuba to fight Russia's war in Ukraine, then went dark. Their parents fear they are dead already.

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Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a trench on the frontline near as Russia-Ukraine war continues in New York, Donbas region, Ukraine, on July 28, 2023
A Ukrainian soldier navigates a trench near the front lines in Ukraine's contested Donbas region on July 28, 2023.

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Ukrainian troops persuaded Russian soldiers to surrender by playing them a message from a drone, report says

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A Ukrainian serviceman launches a drone during a press tour in the Zhytomyr Region, northern Ukraine on September 20, 2023.

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Russia's tactic of ceding ground then striking back is proving effective against Ukraine's advance, report says

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Ukrainian soldiers walk through a tunnel of a trench on the front line in the Luhansk region on April 11, 2022.

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A Russian air-defense system got wrecked after it fell off a bridge into the path of a moving train, report says

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A Strela 10 air defense system seen in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 27, 2023.
A Strela 10 air-defense system in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on February 27, 2023.

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Ukraine is getting better at using NATO tanks and armored vehicles in its counteroffensive, CNN reports

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Ukrainian Leopard 1 battle tank fires at the test site on September 18, 2023 in Ukraine.

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Russia really did shoot down one of its own prized Su-35 fighter jets by mistake, UK intel says

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A Sukhoi Su-35 aircraft performs during the International Military-Technical Forum in Moscow, Russia on August 17, 2022.

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I advise lottery winners. People don't realize you get almost no support – here's what you should do if you win.

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Emily Irwin of Wells Fargo, left, and a stock image of a lottery winner, right, in a composite images.
Emily Irwin of Wells Fargo, left, and a stock image of a lottery winner, right, in a composite images.

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One of Ukraine's biggest allies has run out of vital equipment to give it, report says

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) meet in front of a Challenger 2 tank at a military facility in Dorset, England, on February 8, 2023.

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Mercury is slowly shrinking, and it's giving the planet wrinkles

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A picture shows Mercury colored in shades of yellow and blue to reflect variation in its composition. the planet appears covered in craters and cracks.
A false-color picture of Mercury shows variations in its surface. The image was placed on a grey background.

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