YouTuber Tom Scott shows how pyrotechnicians make film explosions look like gigantic and dramatic fireballs in his latest video.

Here at Popular Mechanics, we love explosions. But the best explosions we’ve ever seen might not even be real. Model artist Won-Hui Lee specializes in creating ship models in the throes of ...

Here at Popular Mechanics, we love explosions. But the best explosions we’ve ever seen might not even be real. Model artist Won-Hui Lee specializes in creating ship models in the throes of ...

Engineer Jem Stansfield investigates how we have come to understand, and then harness, the immense power of explosions, from ancient China to the nuclear age. Show more ...

A 3-D model of a volcanic explosion, based on the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, may enhance our understanding of how some volcanic explosions occur and help identification ...

Geologists have taken an important step toward helping the United States government monitor nuclear explosions by improving a 3-dimensional model to make it more accurate at detecting the location ...