The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office made history Wednesday with the swearing-in of its very first gunpowder detection dog, designed to help deter school shootings. It’s a historic moment for ...

The records also show that the mixture was found to be flammable and often explosive. In 1040 CE, Chinese alchemist Tseng Kun-Liang published the first gunpowder formula for use in weapons. The ...

But you can always reload great grandpa’s musket with some homemade gunpowder. All kidding aside, the invention and proliferation of gunpowder had a profound effect on the world. Here you can ...

The plotters have got lots of barrels of gunpowder and a cunning plan. Their first plan was to sneak 36 barrels of gunpowder to the building next door, then dig a tunnel underneath. Plotter: ...