Independence Day is a celebration of armed defiance to tyranny—and of the citizen’s right to defend their lives.

Flash! Bang! Boom! A History of Fireworks” tells the story of fireworks from the earliest Chinese inventions to today’s choreographed pyrotechnic displays.

In the 1970s, American Fireworks, a family-run pyrotechnics company in Hudson, Ohio, used a “home run box” to offer quick and ...

"So first of all, you have a tube that the charge goes down into, and there’s a fuse, and you ignite the fuse," said Purdue ...

You might have seen fireworks a lot in your life, but do you know the science behind how they function? Marcy Towns is a chemistry professor and the associate dean for the College of Science at Purdue ...

Green peonies, blue dahlias, red crossettes, white and silver chrysanthemums; how are all of these incredible fireworks produced?

Over the course of three days this week, southern India saw two separate firecracker accidents that killed dozens of people. On Tuesday (April 21), at least 14 people were killed in Kerala’s Thrissur ...

For Thumpala Lova, 38, the morning of February 28 was like any other, recalls her son Narendra. She woke up before dawn to devotional songs drifting from the 9th-century Kumara Bhimeswaraswamy temple ...

The science pros at TKOR explore the chemistry behind experimental green flash powder. Alex Pretti spotted on camera moments before fatal shooting in Minneapolis I asked 3 restaurant pros to name the ...

The last time I ate real food, actually chewed and swallowed, was six years ago. During those final meals, I ordered a pastrami sandwich, a pork-belly bun, and vegetable soup. The sandwich needed more ...

The mother of a 19-year-old who was fatally shot in Little Elm testified Monday in the murder case against Alec Adamson. Adamson, 19, is accused of shooting and killing 19-year-old David Pleasant at ...

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