The news was already posted - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34402277" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34402277</a><p>Weird lead-in for a title from the WP - but then again, it's the WP!
An ambitious experiment on a Swiss mountaintop has demonstrated that a laser beam also can help guide the path of lightning, extending the effectiveness of the Franklin rod high into the sky.