Today's antipersonnel land mines are small and often have plastic casings that standard metal detectors cannot register.

The Wase mining tragedy highlights urgent need for improved mining safety in Nigeria. Learn about toxic gas hazards and ...

The Strait of Hormuz has reopened, for now, and Middle Eastern countries that shut off their oil wells during the war (the ...

For decades, movies have taught audiences that if someone steps on a landmine, they have to remain perfectly still or the ...

A trailer loaded with fireworks erupted in flames along a Tennessee interstate Saturday night, sending pyrotechnics shooting across the roadway and forcing authorities to temporarily shut down traffic ...

Imagine waking up to a loud crash from the kitchen, only to find the floor covered in glass and a hole in your oven door where the window used to be. Consumer Reports says hundreds of people have ...

Newly found immune cells called ‘ruptoblasts’ explode when triggered, ejecting toxic chemicals capable of delivering death to surrounding cells in just minutes. The cells’ discoverers say that this ...

The boom could be heard across several states and shook houses. The boom could be heard across several states and shook houses. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over ...

The unsettling boom, rumble and shaking heard and felt across Greater Boston Saturday afternoon may have come from a meteor. First reports of the sound came at 2:11 p.m. Saturday, according to 1 ...

It’s one giant misstep for mankind. The Blue Origin rocket that exploded into a stunning fireball during a test debacle on the Florida coast could delay the Artemis space program’s bold mission to ...

Consumers report being startled by glass oven range doors that shattered spontaneously, often when the oven wasn't even on. Oven doors are spontaneously exploding, according to our analysis of reports ...

But when a sportsbook or prediction market wants to settle a live bet -- the score at the end of the second quarter, the number of passing yards on a given drive, whether a specific player scored -- ...