explosives American tourists in Israel packed "souvenir" of unexploded shell in suitcase, triggering mass chaos at airport David Pescovitz

explosives Hand grenades from 1,000 years ago found in Jerusalem David Pescovitz

kitchen chemistry Explosion and fire at Brigham Young University student apartments caused by residents brewing up rocket fuel in their kitchen David Pescovitz

ieds Florida woman arrested for attempting to make a bomb inside Walmart using items from the store shelves David Pescovitz

moment of zen 1,500 pounds of dynamite make quick work of these cooling towers Séamus Bellamy

demolition Watch a 200-ton boulder get blowed up real good Andrea James

anarchists William Powell, author of The Anarchist Cookbook, RIP David Pescovitz

declassified Nuclear explosion porn: watch newly declassified 1950s-1960s nuke test films David Pescovitz

demolition Bridge demolition fails in spectacular fashion Andrea James

blasting caps Vintage children's PSA on explosive safety Andrea James

explosives Watch the bang as man skips sodium across river David Pescovitz

explosives Nitrogen triiodide: "So volatile that a mosquito landing on it will make it explode" Mark Frauenfelder