CASCADE, Mich. — Looking for a fun activity to do at home with your kids? This science experiment is fun for all ages and teaches static electricity during the wintertime! Meteorologist Isabella ...

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 ...

Bits of material levitating against gravity, a stream of water deflected by invisible means, sparks of light appearing out of thin air; with observations like those, it’s a wonder that the early ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - This weekend is full of opportunities for exploration. Whether you’re interested in mastering fire-building at a nearby park, delving into electricity experiments at a museum, or ...

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Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

System requirements: Windows: PC with 486 or Pentium processor running Windows 3.1, 95, or Windows NT3.5.1 with 8mb available RAM; or, Windows NT4.0 with 16mb available RAM: or Macintosh: 68040 ...

Growing up, we all had to do all kinds of science projects in school. For Baby Boomers, here are several classic science ...

Electricity isn't just wires and outlets. Its history includes fake experiments, brutal PR wars, and vehicles that predate ...