Static electricity often just seems like an everyday annoyance when a wool sweater crackles as you pull it off, or when a doorknob delivers an unexpected zap. Regardless, the phenomenon is much more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Door handles, taps, playground slides, furry pets… Getting zapped by static electricity is a common experience. But the physics ...

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