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 ...

The thunder and lightning are coming. Tens of thousands of explosives will light up the Music City this Wednesday night for the annual Let Freedom Sing! celebration, which combines the music of the ...

A Colorado man's six-year effort to launch the world's largest aerial fireworks shell went up in smoke on Saturday when it exploded too early. Tim Borden, a pyrotechnics expert, had tried to launch ...

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 ...