Let's face it, the winter months are hard going - whether you're a lover of the season or an avid hater, dressing for the cold and putting together a presentable outfit is near impossible when you ...

The weather has suddenly taken a turn, and there's a chilly bite in the air—cue lashings of lip balm on chapped lips, oversized winter coats and hats to keep our ears toasty. The trouble is, as soon ...

Virgil Ovid Hawkins, better known as superhero Static Shock, first graced the pages of Milestone Comics’ Static #1 in June 1993. The character was created by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Derek Dingle ...

The 30th anniversary of Java, which the Java community is celebrating this year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the remarkable changes the ecosystem has undergone. In this article, I aim ...

One of the many announcements at the 2020 DC FanDome (remember those?) was news of a Static Shock movie coming from producer Michael B. Jordan, based on the electric-powered African American teen hero ...

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 ...

Niusha Shafiabady does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

If you've ever had a packing peanut stick to your clothes as you unbox your Amazon delivery, then you know that Styrofoam is pretty good at generating static electricity. A new invention turns that ...

Incredibly, for the first time, scientists have unraveled the mechanisms at play when rubbing a surface creates an electrical current, something that was first recorded in 600 BCE yet not fully ...