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New research shows that ticks can use static electricity to latch onto people or animals. The study in the journal Current Biology says the static charge given off by potential hosts can attract ticks ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Hungry ticks have some slick tricks. They can zoom through the air using static electricity to latch onto people, pets and other animals, new research shows. Humans and animals ...

Scientists in the UK have found evidence that some ticks use static electricity to help them latch onto hosts without the need for direct contact. Reading time 2 minutes Blood-sucking ticks might be ...

Scientists at Northwestern University may have figured out why walking on carpet in your socks, petting your furry friend, or rubbing a balloon on your hair creates static electricity. In a new study, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever rubbed a balloon on your hair and watched it stick to the wall? That’s static electricity in action! Let’s see how ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Hungry ticks have some slick tricks. They ...

NEW YORK — Hungry ticks have some slick tricks. They can zoom through the air using static electricity to latch onto people, pets and other animals, new research shows. Humans and animals naturally ...