It was time for a family photo at a recent holiday gathering in Flat Rock when a young person whipped out a portable ...

Storing household items might seem straightforward, but you’d be surprised how many common items can actually pose explosive risks if stored incorrectly. It's easy to overlook the potential dangers ...

Engineers design modern engines to survive huge forces, yet one small part can still fail with violent results. When a crankshaft damper lets go at speed, metal fragments can slice through belts, ...

Pantry ingredients lined up in glass jars - Aafia Tanvir/Shutterstock It's a quiet evening in May 1878 when a massive explosion rocked Minneapolis as the Washburn A Mill -- the largest flour mill in ...

It’s true: Pyrex and similar glass bakeware can explode, but if you follow my two simple guidelines, you’ll never experience it yourself. As preposterous as it sounds, exploding Pyrex is not an urban ...

Clarifying whether cars can explode the way movies portray and the real science of gasoline combustion. 3 police officers ...

Minnesota (WCCO) -- Two people are recovering after a gasoline can exploded while they were attempting to start a campfire in Cushing, Minnesota, on Saturday evening, according to the Todd County ...

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