Weather on order
ever since humans learnt to walk upright, they have made a conscious effort to gain control over all the things that affect them. From domesticating wild beasts millions of years ago, to decoding the complexities of the human genome this century, an insatiable urge to play God has always facinated humans. Yet the one thing that has still not been clearly understood, let alone be tamed, is Nature. Every time humans thought they had deciphered nature's ways, it has, in its myriad manifestations, come up with even greater challenges, more furious than ever. No wonder ancient civilizations worshipped the power of nature, building temples to appease the elements and more or less submitting in reverence.
One school of scientists, however, has not given up searching for ways to tame this
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