7 results
![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/MjNhNGQ1MmMtYzI4Yy00YzM3LWJmOTYtNzJkYjkzMzhmODk3_es-01-09-v0049618.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- Article
- Article
Thunderbolts and lightning
| Ruth Garde
Fire in the sky has always exerted a hold on our imagination, even as early scientists unlocked the secrets of atmospheric electricity.
![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection%2F26a7123e-ace9-41c0-a640-e92c5d2514d3_ep_000952_002.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- In pictures
- In pictures
Southern Italy’s centuries-long dancing mania
| Amelia Soth
How the symptom of a terrifying sickness became a lively folk dance in southern Italy.
![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/ZDhkMDQ4YzEtYjRmMS00MjRhLTllMjktZGRjZTAyOWUyZDk2_es-06-14-16-9.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- Article
- Article
Titans in the landscape
| Ruth Garde
![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/YWEzMGEyNWUtZjQ3Mi00ZmQ5LTlmNjMtNjFmNmIwNzk0YjQ4_wired-brain_new-crop_featured-image-ratio.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- Article
- Article
How electromagnetic therapy inspired me
| Sarah James
Poet Sarah James explores how repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treated her depression and influenced her art.
![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/MmYwMDdiZmItNDRkNS00NzhhLWI4YjMtYmRjMWVhNzY0OGNk_es-03-02-l0019575.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- Article
- Article
Charged bodies
| Ruth Garde
Electrified humans brought education and performance together with a spark in the 18th century.
![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/YjU5Nzg4NzUtMzJmMC00YWVjLWE5NTAtMGQxYTcxNzI2NTRk_es-02-03.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- Article
- Article
Eels and feels
| Ruth Garde
For Georgian Londoners, the allure of electric animals was both intellectual and sensual.
![](https://images.prismic.io/wellcomecollection/YjdjMjk4MmItMjdjYy00NWNiLWFiOWUtYjBiYjE1NTUwODc5_es-04-02-v0049572-feature.jpg?w=1338&auto=compress%2Cformat&rect=&q=50)
- Article
- Article
The current that kills
| Ruth Garde
In the 19th century, electricity held life in the balance, with the power to execute – or reanimate.