Have you ever rubbed a balloon on your hair and watched it stick to the wall? That’s static electricity in action!

It has all the makings of a great monster story: an attempt to draw lightning from the sky, a scientist passionate to show that electricity held the secret of life, body parts and, of course, ...

School closures due to the coronavirus outbreak mean borderland children are about to spend a lot more time at home. That’s challenging on any number of levels, with many of us wondering what can you ...

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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 ...

Hope Canlas is a member of the Young Leaders Program of The Heritage Foundation in its Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies. This Earth Day, which falls on Monday, California residents ...