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Explosives

Scientist makes breakthrough on effort to create non-explosive fertilizer

Environment

Fertilizer is perhaps the most common ingredient in IEDs in Afghanistan, Iraq and has also been used in bombs in the United States and around the world. Scientists have tried for years to make ammonium nitrate fertilizer less detonable without success. Until now.

IEDs in Afghanistan costing U.S. billions, despite being dirt-cheap to build

Breakthrough on Effort to Create Non-Explosive Fertilizer

Conflict & Justice

India Begins Investigation Into Mumbai Bombing

Powder Burn

The World

Afghanistan and Iraq: Now, Sharing the Danger of IEDs

In Afghanistan, there has been a marked increase in the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the last few weeks. For more, The Takeaway turns to Jeremy Binnie, senior analyst for terrorism and insurgency at Janes Information Group.

The World

Do-It-Yourself Fireworks (Safely)

Arts, Culture & Media

This weekend, many of us will be enjoying fireworks as we celebrate the Fourth of July. The Takeaway’s next guest, author Bill Gurstelle, believes that the best fireworks are the ones you make at home.

The World

Explosive export

Global Politics

20 years ago, on the eve of the Velvet Revolution, Communist Czechoslovakia churned out tractors, Skoda cars, and Semtex. The explosive is still being manufactured in the Czech Republic and only there. The BBC’s Tim Whewell explores the legacy of Semtex.