The first firework was pretty basic. A Chinese monk named Li Tian took a piece of bamboo, stuffed it with gunpowder, and threw it into a fire, producing a bang loud enough to scare away ghosts. That ...

It takes a lot of work to create the extraordinary displays we enjoy on the Fourth of July. Sometimes, the staging alone can take hours of planning for a few minutes’ worth of display—it takes even ...

Fireworks were invented more than 1,000 years ago in China, shortly after the invention of gunpowder. Since then, the formula has changed a bit, but the basic principles remain the same: get something ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Russell Ellis, Independence Day fireworks aren’t merely a celebration. It’s the culmination of three months of meticulously ...

Science, art — and a little luck on the weather front. This week, in communities all across Wisconsin, those components must come together seamlessly. "Everything is science," said John Conkling, one ...