(Inside Science TV) -- Every year on the fourth of July, fireworks light up the sky with giant bursts of color and patterns. Today, fireworks are so advanced they turn into shapes like hearts, stars ...

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Fireworks have come a long way since they were first discovered in 200 B.C.in China. Historians believe that fireworks were created by accident when bamboo was tossed into fire. Then, around 800 B.C., ...

(It’s fireworks time in America. To celebrate, we’re republishing this fascinating article from 2015 by Inverse‘s Sean Hutchinson.) Back in the day, 4th of July fireworks were just simple, cathartic ...

The spectacle of a fireworks display may leave you wondering what it took to get that color-changing, dazzling sequence into the sky. We're here to help. Fireworks are the result of a whole bunch of ...

Monday is Victoria Day and there will, no-doubt, be numerous celebrations across Canada that will include fireworks lighting up the night sky. Here's the science behind these colourful pyrotechnic ...

The color in fireworks come from metal salts, which are made up of metal and non-metal atoms that create pure, intense colors when burned (they burn via a range of other chemical compounds and ...

When you see the dazzling display of fireworks this week across Arkansas you are witnessing a fantastic display of the science of chemistry at work. The explosions that leads audiences to ooh and ah ...

Green peonies, blue dahlias, red crossettes, white and silver chrysanthemums; how are all of these incredible fireworks produced? Monday is Victoria Day and there will, no-doubt, be numerous ...