Listen, people of Planet Earth: you need to stop making Harlem Shake videos. It's not February anymore, and at this point, you're just hurting yourselves. Want proof? Watch this video.

Today we talked about how external turn signal indicators are the next big thing in car customization. The discussion took a slightly more explosive turn for the better.

A man behind the wheel of a pickup truck apparently captured video of the massive fertilizer plant explosion that destroyed buildings and left possibly dozens of people injured or dead in the small town of West, Texas this evening.

Minutes after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon at 2:50 p.m., reports started rolling in. We began this post soon after, with chronological updates continuing through the evening. Some photos might be graphic.

Sometimes, school projects can be a lot of fun, like when you're assigned to decorate a poster or blow up a car using high explosives.

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.

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A racing fuel warehouse in Winnipeg exploded last night. No one was hurt in the fire, but it caused an estimated $15 million in damages and rained down ash on an entire neighborhood.

Cars are like, so confusing, you guys. Especially the part about the pedals. There's two of them! How are we supposed to know which one does what? Hell, mine has three of them, and a wobbly stick thing in the center console. I don't even know what's going on half the time!

Somehow no one was injured when a van on Moscow's Kashira highway exploded into a hugely massive fireball last Friday.