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It took just a 9-volt battery and a little brain zapping to turn science writer Sally Adee into a stone-cold sharpshooter. She had flown out to California to test an experimental DARPA technology that ...

Discover the fascinating world of magnetism and electricity with these hands-on science experiments! This video demonstrates how to build a homemade compass, create a simple speaker, construct an ...

Rub a balloon on your hair and the balloon typically picks up a negative electric charge, while your hair goes positive. But a new study shows that the charge an object picks up can depend on its ...

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