Over 122 children were hospitalised in Madhya Pradesh after Diwali due to “carbide guns” — homemade explosive devices made ...

Indore: When 19-year-old Sonu stood in a long queue at a hardware store in Maksi town of Shajapur district to purchase ...

Calcium carbide guns are again in the news as more than a hundred people, most of them children aged between 8 and 14, were ...

[MacGyver] would be proud of [Hyperspace Pirate]’s rough and ready method of producing acetylene gas from seashells and driftwood. Acetylene, made by decomposing calcium carbide with water, is a ...

The low-cost explosive toy turned deadly in Madhya Pradesh, affecting mostly children aged between 8 and 14 years. The trend ...

To make a pipe gun, two PVC pipes are joined and filled with potash or calcium carbide. Some water drops are dropped on this ...

Robots that can navigate different types of terrain could help scientists collect information in hard-to-reach places. That navigation can be tricky, however. For example, launching a robot from the ...