CBS, 2013: "Scientists and researchers are looking at how to change the weather on purpose."

CBS, 2013: "Scientists and researchers are looking at how to change the weather on purpose."

"Lasers... could one day manipulate rain and lightning."

"Everyone complains about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it. Well, instead of doing a rain dance, we physicists are firing trillion-watt lasers into the sky to actually precipitate rain clouds and actually bring down lightning bolts."

"This is potentially a game-changer."