You can make one of your own with static electricity and basic art supplies. In the late 1700s, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was doing some eighteenth century science; ...

It’s not a matter of art being becoming more political. But the more I look for signs of artistic vitality, the more frustrated I’ve become.

You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards ...

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 mor… ...