Although there's no air in space that doesn't meant there aren't pungent aromas to smell Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work ...

A Committee of Safety was formed to keep the other colonies informed, and one of the messengers of this committee was Boston ...

Making gunpowder is a bit like cooking, except more explosive. Gunpowder makers in the 14th and 15th centuries used black powder brought to Europe from China, then mixed its three ingredients together ...

Le ​Gardeur serves as the Gunpowder riverkeeper, an essential role in protecting the watershed. His job is to pay meticulous ...

About the only use modern humans have for their urine is in health screenings. But preindustrial workers built entire industries based on the scientific properties of pee. Photo by Turbotorque via ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved gunpowder. One of my ...

This week, HBO will debut a three-part miniseries, dramatizing the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Gunpowder's run seems short and sweet, but as we now have seen in miniseries such as Big Little Lies ...

When people call a photograph explosive, they usually mean it metaphorically. That's not the case with Justyna Badach’s work. The Philadelphia-based photographer actually used gunpowder to make the ...

In 1605, a group of British Catholics, including Guy Fawkes and Robert Catesby, devised a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament. They hoped to wipe out the anti-Catholic political establishment and ...

NEW BBC drama Gunpowder is now on our screens, delving into the riddle behind the foiled 1605 plot to blow up Parliament. Starring Kit Harington and Liv Tyler, the cast are very easy on the eye – and ...