Fireworks have come a long way since they were first discovered in 200 B.C.in China. Historians believe that fireworks were created by accident when bamboo was tossed into fire. Then, around 800 B.C., ...

PELHAM – Edmund Gleason saw firsthand how dangerous fireworks can be when an explosion burned his grandson and injured 11 other people on the eve of Independence Day. Gleason shared that experience ...

Fireworks were invented more than 1,000 years ago in China, shortly after the invention of gunpowder. Since then, the formula has changed a bit, but the basic principles remain the same: get something ...

Science, art — and a little luck on the weather front. This week, in communities all across Wisconsin, those components must come together seamlessly. "Everything is science," said John Conkling, one ...

When I tell people what I do for a living, they tend to get envious. As a fireworks designer, I help with some of the most dazzling occasions on the planet – from the New Year’s Eve fireworks at the ...

Fireworks have a history going back to ancient China, long before the Founding Fathers led the United States to independence. But patriotic pyrotechnics have become deeply ingrained in the American ...

This is art: a highly technical symphony of sounds, colors and black powder. Its practitioners include a handful of unseen professionals, who will wow thousands of Central New York spectators this ...

Hagley Museum and Library’s fireworks shows surely are a top contender for the best crowd-pleasing early summer ticket. Since 1982 Hagley Museum annual fireworks ticket holders have been treated to a ...

(It’s fireworks time in America. To celebrate, we’re republishing this fascinating article from 2015 by Inverse‘s Sean Hutchinson.) Back in the day, 4th of July fireworks were just simple, cathartic ...