Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boise State University researchers are giving potatoes an electric jolt that could make a popular snack healthier and more energy ...

Today we’re making a homemade potato battery and testing how much power a potato can really produce. Using simple materials like zinc and copper, we build a working circuit and measure the voltage ...

We don’t normally think of batteries as being natural, but the parts that make them originally got their start in nature! In this activity you will build a battery using potatoes, lemons, and metal ...