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  "id": 18732888,
  "title": "Thunderstruck: what does the future hold for lightning?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/thunderstruck-what-does-the-future-hold-for-lightning",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-07T14:00:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/nov/08/future-of-lightning-global-heating-weather-australia"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Humans have always been awed by the power and beauty of lightning. How does the experience and understanding of it change in a warming world? In a rock shelter in Kakadu national park in the north of Australia is an image of a being the Bininj people call Namarrkon . His flesh bleached away to reveal the bones beneath, he wears stone axes on his head, elbows and knees, and wields a great band of…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}