Given the fevered pace of China's infrastructure development, 16 years is ancient. That's why the two-lane concrete Zhuan-yang viaduct running through the town of Wuhan, Hubei in central China had to go — a bigger and better six-lane freeway was in the works. But to demolish the original roadway without harming the surrounding homes, engineers smothered the blast under a blanket. Read More >>

Pig farming is tough, foul-smelling, and dirty work. Turns out, that's the good part of it. See, since 2009 the American pig farming industry has been struck with an explosive pork poop problem—in that the decomposing porcine waste will go boom under the right conditions. Read More >>

Those crazy Slow-Mo guys are destroying anything they can possibly get their hands on this week. Today, it's a house made from LEGO. And though explosions are almost always a delicious visual treat, especially in slow motion, blowing up LEGO should never make anyone happy. Thankfully, LEGO bricks can totally withstand a banger. Read More >>

Blowing stuff up is a blast in more ways than one, but only occasionally can you venture to call it art. This is an edge case. Ever an explosive duo, the Slow Mo guys have moved from pans of gasoline to bottles of paint and firecrackers and made some pretty colourful explosions. Read More >>

If you're looking to steal money from an ATM, what do you do? Try to wheel it to your house and smash it until it opens? Continually rob people who try to take money out of the machine? Hmm, what about just blowing the freaking ATM up to smithereens with explosives. That's what these thieves did at a petrol station in Hampshire. Read More >>

Those of use who know from experience can safely say there's nothing quite as much fun as a homemade rocket. But part of that fun is not getting your hands blown off. Nighthawkinlight has a fun, easy way you can get the best of both worlds, and "recycle" your old water bottles in a literal blaze of glory. Read More >>

There's no doubt, everything is made more awesome by slow motion. But when you combine things like lawn mowers, piggy banks, speeding bullets, light bulbs, coke bottles, explosives, and a filthy, stinking caravan, you've got epically mesmerising viewing right there. Read More >>

The US-281 Bridge in Marble Falls, Texas had to go. Fortunately for us, the best way to do that involved a whole bunch of explosives. The bridge was demolished yesterday morning with a series of explosions that made one specular last trip across the steel span. And while stuff blowing up is always awesome, stuff blowing up in slow motion is always better. Read More >>

A big ol' meteroite exploded over Russia last Friday, and while the shock waves that shot across the Internet were definitely strong, the ones that shot through the atmosphere were pretty impressive too. The blast was loud enough for infrasound sensors as far as half-a-world away to hear. Read More >>

This isn't good. North Korea has reportedly conducted a nuclear test. Unusual seismic activity in the region was detected that indicated a nuclear bomb, and South Korea has told a United Nations Security Council diplomat that North Korea has just performed a nuclear test. Read More >>

You've probably seen oodles of cars exploding in the movies, some maybe even in slow motion as the ultimate action hero slides buy unscathed. But have you ever stopped and looked at the beauty of the exploding parts? The shockwave, the fireball, the sheer force of the thing --it's almost poetic in its wanton destruction. Read More >>

A horrible thing has happened today in China's Henan Province. A truck loaded to the gills with fireworks — intended for the country's upcoming Lunar New Year celebration — fired off its wares on a busy highway, leading to six minutes of the most brightly lit, celebratory destruction in recent memory. Read More >>

If you want a colourful explosion, you can get your hands on some fancy, professional fireworks, sure. Or, you can take the easy way out and blow up a couple of buckets of paint. You'll be like a Jackson Pollock with a case of M-80s. The Slow Mo Guys went with that second option, and the results are modern art you can get behind. Read More >>

The best things in life are simple pleasures. Often they involve fire, and occasionally an RC car, flammable gas and/or slow motion. This one includes all of the above. While ostensibly done for some manner of "SCIENCE!" this little stunt seems to mostly be about looking pretty sweet and it pulls that off just fine. Could there be more context? Sure. Does there need to be? Nope. [Reddit] Read More >>

No matter what you're into, I think it's pretty safe to say controlled chemistry experiements that involve explosions are cool. As it turns out, they're not only cool to watch, but can be pretty cool to listen to as well. At least, when you line them up the right way. Read More >>