demolitions WATCH: Explosives used to dislodge dangerous cranes at partially-collapsed Hard Rock Hotel. Rob Beschizza
explosions Oil refinery explosion was "Thanksgiving miracle", says newspaper owned by family that owns the refinery Rob Beschizza
declassified Nuclear explosion porn: watch newly declassified 1950s-1960s nuke test films David Pescovitz
dead planets Explore other star systems' habitable zones — and our own billions of years hence Rob Beschizza
liquids Watch: Add butane to a bottle of Coke, get a totally unsafe high-powered bottle rocket Xeni Jardin
explosives Nitrogen triiodide: "So volatile that a mosquito landing on it will make it explode" Mark Frauenfelder