Blowing up things (and each other) is one of human beings’ favorite pastimes. In this article we list some of the most ...

The bombs Shamsud-Din Jabbar built with the explosive known as RDX would have had devastating effects were it not for an ...

It’s been a long time since early humans rubbed two sticks together and made fire. Today, we have ways to blow up entire ...

The increased use of a chemical compound to replace TNT in explosive devices has a damaging and long lasting effect on plants, new research has shown. In recent years, TNT has started to be ...

It’s considered a high explosive material ... seemingly knew to use a little-known compound more powerful than TNT but not how to get it to detonate. “It just doesn’t make sense,” said ...