A deadly failure and near collapse in Texas exposed weaknesses of the U.S. power grid’s ability to respond to extreme weather and climate change. President Joe Biden unveiled a $2 trillion plan to ...

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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 ...

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In the U.S. 8% of our energy generating capacity comes from wind turbines—that’s more than any other renewable resource—and wind power has more than tripled over the past decade. More than half of ...

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