The Fourth of July is synonymous with fireworks displays, but before all the bright colors and thunderous booms, scientists are hard at work behind the scenes making each firework display its best.
The skies over Steamboat Springs, Colorado, erupted in red as the world's largest firework launched Saturday night at the city's annual winter carnival. The firework shell weighed almost 2,800 pounds, ...
Matt Shea has photos of himself at age 9 during a bicentennial celebration in 1976, wearing a tricorn hat. “Fifty years ago, a fireworks company would visit the fire department. They shot the ...
Pyrotechnician Patrick Cyrana joins WIRED to answer your burning questions about fireworks. How are fireworks designed? How do they get their color? What is the most dangerous firework statistically?
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