If you think Valyrian steel swords from Game of Thrones require one of the most dangerous and difficult bladesmithing processes ever, with all of that dragonfire and spellcasting and whatnot, you’re ...

[TheBackyardScientist] has been living up to his name, this time by casting a pewter sword in his yard. Pewter is a soft alloy of mostly (85–99%) tin along with copper, antimony and bismuth. Older ...

People on the internet love exploding watermelons. They love to explode them by launching them off of tall towers, explode them with vacuum cannons, and explode them with molten salt.

Thermite can cut cars in half but [TheBackyardScientist] relies on its ability to create rather than destroy. In fact, thermite was the key component when he casts a solid metal sword. The casting ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 29 (UPI) --A YouTube user who dumped molten aluminum into a hole in a watermelon was shocked when the experiment created a piece of "art" rather than an explosion.