Static electricity can make your hair stand on end, give you a little shock when you touch a doorknob and make balloons stick to walls. Its effects can also be enormous, from sparking lightning and fueling dust storms to helping entire planets form. But here’s the surprising part: Scientists still don’t fully understand how it works!
In this video, we explore what scientists already know about static electricity, the big questions that remain unanswered and the surprising new discoveries bringing us closer to solving this centuries-old mystery.
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