There are hundreds of chemical formulas – or as I like to think of them, pyrotechnic recipes – for fireworks. These recipes ...

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 ...

Fireworks are an essential part of a classic Fourth of July. In Seattle, Dave Fitzgibbon’s team from Western Display ...