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During a partial solar eclipse, the moon passes between the sun and Earth. The moon casts a shadow on Earth and only partly ...

Some trees don’t just survive lightning – they thrive on it. Scientists studying Panama’s tropical forests have discovered that Dipteryx oleifera trees often benefit from lightning strikes that ...