The first documentation of static electricity dates back to 600 BCE. Even after 2,600 years’ worth of tiny shocks, however, researchers couldn’t fully explain how rubbing two objects together causes ...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Fireworks safety is important on July Fourth, but one Bay area woman is sending out a special warning. She says static electricity set off mortars in her sister’s home three years ...

If frigid temps weren't cruel enough, winter also marks static electricity season in much of the United States as Americans pad about their homes in fear that anything — a door knob, a light switch, a ...