LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A large and apparently exploding fire erupted in the backyard of a Long Beach home early Tuesday morning. Firefighters responded to a backhouse at the property on 67th Way ...

Many years ago, Lakota elder and tribal historian Victor Douville was traveling through the Black Hills of South Dakota in the dead of winter. It was early in the morning, and temperatures had ...

It turns out that trees can actually explode when temperatures drop. Trees can explode during extreme cold due to sap expansion when it freezes. Oak, maple, and fruit trees with high moisture are most ...

An intense Arctic cold snap pushing across the Midwest has brought more than dangerous wind chills and frozen roads. And according to Popular Science, in parts of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and ...

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A: I have seen some of those videos as well. My reaction is that if someone is stealing from your porch, they should not be able to complain if if turns out to be a booby trap. I also read, if the ...

When a plate drops or a glass smashes, you're annoyed by the mess and the cost of replacing them. But for some physicists, the broken pieces are a source of fascination: Why does everything break into ...

Some of the most dangerous weapons on Earth—tank armor, C-4, even nuclear bombs—use explosives that refuse to detonate when burned, shot, or crushed. These “insensitive explosives” can survive ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Universal Orlando Resort. The theme park’s annual holiday celebration begins on Friday, Nov. 21 and runs through Jan. 4, 2026. As part of the festivities ...

Happy botched whale corpse disposal day to you and yours. Just last year, Florence Mayor Rob Ward stood in front of a small crowd at Exploding Whale Memorial Park to announce that the whole month of ...