A shark does not always need to see a fish to detect that a living creature is nearby. In murky water, beneath the sand or ...

A water droplet sliding down a leaf can acquire enough electrical charge to punch a microscopic hole even through a ...

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Scientists are largely clueless about the origins of static electricity. A quirky group of researchers aims to change that.

Static electricity is so commonplace that it can come across as simple. Rub a balloon against your head, and the transfer of charges will make your hair stand on end. Shuffle your feet on a carpet, ...

It took just a 9-volt battery and a little brain zapping to turn science writer Sally Adee into a stone-cold sharpshooter. She had flown out to California to test an experimental DARPA technology that ...

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Benjamin Franklin experimented with electricity on fowl. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis, courtesy of The Library of Congress In 1751 Benjamin Franklin planned an electrical ...

Over the millennia, the phenomenon known as electricity has meant different things to different people. In ancient societies, electricity—or more specifically lightning—was inspiration for some of the ...

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