How you and me and flowers and bees get charged up (with static electricity)
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English - January 28, 2021 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.67 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsNews news adirondacks north country public radio Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
(Jan 28, 2021) It's the reason opposites attract and doorknobs shock, why lightning strikes, and the way bumblebees find the sweet spot in flowers. Whenever an object has more or fewer electrons than its neighbor, there is the potential for static discharge.
Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk about the mysterious and hair-raising ways of static electricity.