COLUMBUS, Ohio — As we gear up for Independence Day celebrations, many of us are looking forward to the dazzling firework displays that light up the summer night sky. But while you’re enjoying those ...

Fireworks explode over Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota's Black Hills. (Courtesy of Travel South Dakota) In the earliest days of the United States, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail ...

Have you ever wondered how fireworks fly? The science behind the flight of a firework is the same as that of a rocket, and a ...

Fireworks, as you can tell from the name, involve fire. To get a fire you need fuel, oxygen and heat, and that’s true in fireworks also. The fuels used in fireworks are solids, most commonly carbon ...

How do the colors, sparkles and sounds come about? Chemistry professor Marcy Towns says the anatomy of fireworks is key to its explosion. 29,166 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you ...

On July 4, New Year’s Day, or any other time there are fireworks, there is science at work. That was part of Julia Lizik’s message Saturday, in a discussion of the geology and other scientific details ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Science Central is a great place to learn while having fun. You can even bring that learning home. Wane 15 was joined in the studio by Gary Stoops, Outreach Programs Manager ...

A 17th century manual for building homemade fireworks using bed sheets and gunpowder has been unearthed – complete with ...