515-mile lightning flash caught from space

It was a single lightning flash that streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles, from eastern Texas nearly all the way to Kansas City, setting a new world record. “We call it megaflash lightning and we’re just now figuring out the mechanics of how and why it occurs,” said Randy Cerveny, an Arizona State…

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Scientists finally solve the mystery of what triggers lightning

Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within thunderclouds remained a perplexing mystery. The mystery may be solved, thanks to a team of researchers led by Victor Pasko, professor of electrical engineering in the Penn State School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, that has revealed the…

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I don’t identify as Nigerian any more

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has said she no longer identifies as Nigerian and has not renewed her passport since the early 2000s. Badenoch, who was born in the UK, grew up in both Nigeria and the US. She returned to England aged 16 because of Nigeria’s worsening political and economic climate, and to continue…

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Containerize legacy Spring Boot application using Amazon Q Developer CLI and MCP server

Organizations can optimize their migration and modernization projects by streamlining the containerization process for legacy applications. With the right tools and approaches, teams can transform traditional applications into containerized solutions efficiently, reducing the time spent on manual coding, testing, and debugging while enhancing developer productivity and accelerating time-to-market. During containerization initiatives, organizations can address compatibility,…

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