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