In 1918, five men working for the Independent Torpedo Co. were killed in three Wyoming nitroglycerin blasts just weeks apart. Their deaths helped lead ...

Imagine a substance so powerful that it could blow you to bits or save your life depending on how you used it. Well imagine ...

To create an artificial structure that surpasses the sensitivity, selectivity, and speed of the olfaction system of animals is a challenge. In a study published in National Science Review, researchers ...

I found several crazy stories about nitroglycerin's (mis)use in East Central Indiana during the gas and oil boom of 1886-1910. One story involves Muncie’s ...

While searching for new hikes to try in San Francisco, Bay Curious listener Ryan Flynn stumbled across a pin on Google Maps for ‘The First Dynamite Factory in America.’ The pin marked a spot in Glen ...

Gunpowder was first used in 1679, to build an underground section of the Canal du Midi, a canal connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The tunnel was 157 meters long. Nitroglycerin ...