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Fire in the sky has always exerted a hold on our imagination, even as early scientists unlocked the secrets of atmospheric electricity.

How the symptom of a terrifying sickness became a lively folk dance in southern Italy.

Poet Sarah James explores how repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treated her depression and influenced her art.

Electrified humans brought education and performance together with a spark in the 18th century.

For Georgian Londoners, the allure of electric animals was both intellectual and sensual.

In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.

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