A booby trap is defined by California law as “any concealed or camouflaged device designed to cause great bodily injury when ...

A new study explains why even gas-rich, supposedly explosive volcanoes sometimes erupt quietly instead of blowing apart.

The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside ...

See exploding stars like never before. New close-up images of novae show complex eruptions with multiple outflows, challenging old theories. Find out how these stellar explosions work.

Learn how stress inside a volcano can make gas bubbles form early, helping explain why some eruptions stay quiet instead of exploding.

Netflix is launching an animated TV series and mobile game based on the quirky hit card game Exploding Kittens, the streaming giant announced on Monday. Exploding Kittens – The Game, an exclusive ...

Watermelons can offer a nice explosion of flavor in your mouth, but they shouldn’t be spontaneously combusting. Oddly enough, that’s exactly what some fans of the popular fruit are worried about ...

Exploding Kittens Inc. has sold more than 18 million copies of its hugely popular, eponymous card game around the world. Now the Los Angeles company is bringing its iconic cats to the world’s largest ...

With kittens, magical enchiladas, goats, and other hilarious components, how could you not totally love the card game Exploding Kittens? However, if you’re looking to freshen up your game night ...

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