At least 14 children in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have lost their eyesight after playing with a homemade Diwali toy – homemade carbide guns that experts have compared to a “chemical ...

Aarish, 15, sits on a hospital bed in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. A pair of dark glasses hides a painful injury in his left eye. His cornea was damaged a week ago when an improvised ...

As summer rolls in, the market overflows with juicy mangoes, bananas, papayas, and other seasonal fruits. But behind this abundance lies a growing health concern—the use of calcium carbide to ...

[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 ...

Despite the fact that summers bring with themselves scorching heat, sweat, sunburn, and dehydration, one of the best parts of the hot season is mangoes! Yes, called the king of fruits, the divine ...