While searching for new hikes to try in San Francisco, Bay Curious listener Ryan Flynn stumbled across a pin on Google Maps for ‘The First Dynamite Factory in America.’ The pin marked a spot in Glen ...

Gunpowder was first used in 1679, to build an underground section of the Canal du Midi, a canal connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The tunnel was 157 meters long. Nitroglycerin ...

Screening agents will soon begin swabbing airline passengers’ hands to check for explosive residue, the Transportation Security Administration announced on Wednesday. Can’t terrorists just wash their ...

Officials from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies are responding to the discovery of 50 pounds of highly explosive material in the garage of an abandoned house in the 13000 block of ...