By 
Anuradha Bhagwat
 | 
TED-Ed Original

The science of static electricity

We've all had the experience: you're walking across a soft carpet you reach for the doorknob and … ZAP. But what causes this trademark jolt of static electricity? Anuradha Bhagwat sheds light on the phenomenon by examining the nature of matter.

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