Lighting a Match With a Rubber Band Is a Handy Trick
If your five o’clock shadow isn’t rugged enough to light a match with, and there’s no where else to strike one, a…
Lighting a Match with Another Match Is a Useful Trick to Know
Sometimes life gives you too many damn matches and not enough things to strike them on. In those situations, just burn…
Look How Fire Gracefully Slides and Dances Down This Bottle
Here’s the classic science experiment of mixing fire and alcohol in a large empty jug. It’s always fun to see the…
Driving through a fire looks like going through hell
This is crazy. A fire broke out in Lake County, California and devastated nearly 95 square miles. One elderly woman was…
First person view of a firefighter fighting fire is so intense
There are few job descriptions (hell, the job description is in the job title) as terrifying as being a firefighter.…
Surfing while you're on fire looks so crazy but actually makes sense
My first, unwrinkled brain reaction: Oh my God, that man is on fire. Like, flames are coming out of his body on fire.…
10 fun things you can do to play with fire
Everyone has a little bit of pyromania in them, it just depends on when it wants to come out. After watching this Brus…
Painting with fire creates some really beautiful art
Sure, you're not supposed to play with fire but what about painting with fire? That's what artist Steve Spazuk does. He…
How This ISS Fireball Revealed a New Type of Cool, Invisible Flame
Remember that flame burst recorded by an astronaut aboard the ISS? Well, it wasn't just for the fireworks. In fact,…
Poop-powered flamethrower can shoot out gigantic 30-foot flames
This poop-powered flamethrower is like the old high school trick of using farts to light fireballs, only on a much more…
Magic fabric doesn't catch fire after being doused with molten aluminum
The molten aluminum being poured out onto the thin black fabric is bubbling at a scorching 1500 degrees Fahrenheit.…
Spectacular fire tornado from hell is here to kill us all
Fire twister. Fire tornado. Firenado! Whatever you want to call these suckers of flames and souls, this instagram by…
Photo: Chile in flames after magnitude-8.2 earthquake
Gizmodo in Spanish reports on this image of the city Iquique, Chile, which suffered numerous fires after a…
Shooting Challenge: Grill
Yes, most food photography is boring. But most food photography doesn't involve meat, flames, and char. So for this…
This is what happens when you play with fire in space
The simple flame is an extraordinarily complex phenomenon, one that involves thousands of chemical reactions. But fire…
This Slow-Mo Test Tube Explosion Barks Like a Guard Dog of Fire
It's one thing when a dog barks, it's another one entirely when a giant pipe full of fire does it. And it's even…
A Guy Made the Fire Breathing Piranha Plant from Super Mario Bros
If you ever thought real life should be more like the video games we play, you're not alone. At the very least, you…
Watch a Laser Light Glass Bottles on Fire
The idea behind this video is pretty simple, it's a laser igniting black flash paper to spark fire inside a bottle.…
Dyson Vacuums: They'll Suck Up Your Fire
Dirt, hairballs, crumbs, small children: Dyson vacuums can triumph over pretty much anything. But there's still that…
Kicking a Pan of Flaming Gasoline Is the Best and Worst Idea
Things in slow motion tend to be awesome-looking. Fire also tends to be awesome-looking. Put the two together and add…