Seemingly random charging of identical materials depends on the carbonaceous molecules stuck to their surfaces ...

Superheroes and TV have gone hand in hand since the 1950s. While most TV series focused on white superheroes’ exploits, their Black counterparts weren't allowed the same opportunities. Most Black ...

The familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly ...

There’s a shocking lack of understanding of the physics underlying this commonplace phenomenon, but researchers are on the ...

Many people are familiar with the experience: grabbing their favorite blanket and gotting shocked. Static electricity may not ...

There’s a segment of DC Comics fans that hold Virgil Hawkins, a.k.a. Static, in just as high regard as heavy hitters like Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. From his original Milestone Comics ...

If you’ve ever felt a shock after rubbing your hair with a balloon or shuffling across a carpet, you’ll know that static ...

Nikolas Draper-Ivey called Static’s new costume the Static Beyond “Shutdown Suit” on social media. “After an encounter with a mysterious new antagonist (SHUTDOWN) that has the ability [to] drain ...

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 ...