THIS is the shocking moment a barrel of liquid nitrogen exploded during a school science experiment - leaving 15 people injured. Nine children were rushed to hospital with varying degrees of burns ...

Harry Whittaker departs the Old Bailey in central London (Jonathan Brady/PA) A “nerdy” science buff claimed to have caused an explosion while carrying out experiments in his shed, then blamed a ...

Two primary school students suffered serious burns to their face and chest and were rushed to hospital after a science experiment at a school on Sydney’s northern beaches went wrong. Around 1:30 pm on ...

A controlled explosion has been carried on a substance at a Belfast school's science department. Police and fire crews were called to Wellington College in the south of the city shortly before midday ...

Left to right: GWU students Shayda Shabazi and Jun Xi Ni, Thomas Burchfield (COL ’15) and Maryellen Campbell (COL ’16) Maryellen Campbell (COL ’16) and Thomas Burchfield (COL ’15) worked for months on ...

This is the moment a teenager was hit in the face by an exploding watermelon during a science experiment gone wrong. Ellice Nisbet, 16, from Sunnyvale, California, was in the garden of her home as she ...

A “nerdy” science buff claimed to have caused an explosion while carrying out experiments in his shed, then blamed a life-threatening allergic reaction on his mother’s potpourri, a court has heard.

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...