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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly

Episode: Static Electricity, Stroke Headband, Exploding Craters

Description: Today, you’ll learn about the cause of static electricity, how a new headband could help you stop a stroke before it happens, and why the ground in Siberia is exploding. Static Electricity “We Finally Know What Creates Static Electricity, After Thousands of Years.” by Michelle Starr. 2024. “Why petting your cat leads to static electricity.” Northwestern. 2024. Stroke Headband “Laser headband non-invasively IDs stroke risk in real time.” by Bronwyn Thompson. 2024. “Correlating stroke risk with non-invasive cerebrovascular perfusion dynamics using a portable speckle contrast optical spectroscopy laser device.” by Yu Xi Huang, et al...

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