Essayist Gerard Van Der Leun is now in his 70s. He is a Baby Boomer and grew up in the postwar prosperity of Los Angeles. When he was a little boy, his family moved to the scenic mountains of the town of Paradise in noth...

WDSU News reports that a man in the Metairie neigh...  ...s police expressed their concern about the use of explosives to stop robberies.

A couple of days ago, I told you a...  ...tly how to "Obliterate Animal Carcasses with Explosives ." From Improbable Research: Link...

(YouTube link) The 84-year-old Fort Steuben Bri...  ...ere seconds on Tuesday. They did not skimp on the explosives ! Luckily, its final performance was caught on hig...

(Video Link) I'm not sure how he does it, but a Portuguese artist named Alexandre Farto carves murals into walls by setting off small explosions. The above music video for the band Orelha Negra shows the process....

What if you could train plants for national security? A biologist at Colorado State University working with the Department of Defense is doing just that. Genetic engineering is making plants react to threats they never e...