Danger! High voltage episode! This week, we're zapping your earholes with electrifying knowledge that's sure to illuminate you!
Danger! High voltage episode! This week, we're zapping your earholes with electrifying knowledge that's sure to illuminate you!
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[Fact Off]
Space tethers to generate electricity
https://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wtether.html
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-75.html
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/2.3563?journalCode=jsr
https://edisontechcenter.org/generators.html
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/2.3563?journalCode=jsr
Electric fish with dramatic pauses
ttps://www.fishbase.se/summary/5208
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/05/electric-fish-pause/618993/
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/wuis-ef-051921.php
[Ask the Science Couch]
Static electricity
https://www.utm.edu/staff/cerkal/electricity.htm
https://www.livescience.com/51656-static-electricity.html
[Butt One More Thing]
Manure electricity