A woman says she is “lucky to be alive” – after her unplugged electric toothbrush exploded and burst into flames. Charlotte Bowers, 33, had no issues with the Oral B brush for eight months, before it spontaneously combusted whilst she was asleep on February 2026. The explosion caused the toothbrush to set fire, but thankfully … Read more
Anker Innovations is recalling more than 1.1 million power banks after some users reported fires and explosions. The company said a problem could potentially make the lithium-ion battery within some of its Anker PowerCore 10000 power banks overheat “leading to melting of plastic components, smoke, and fire hazards.” The recall, announced Thursday, specifically applies to … Read more
The highly anticipated solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, might offer some extra fireworks. It’s all thanks to a series of massive explosions that one solar physicist says could be visible during the lengthy daytime phenomena — it will be fully over western New York just after 2 p.m. — that will move across the … Read more
It sounds like spring 2024 will be abuzzing as more than a trillion cicadas are expected to appear across the U.S. For the first time in 221 years, the two groupings of cicadas, brood XIX and XIII, will emerge from the underground in 17 states across the country, according to Fox Weather. Some of the … Read more
Thar she blows. A horned “Devil Comet” that’s been hurtling toward Earth is set to “blow” on Friday or Saturday, which would mark its second eruption in just over two weeks. “The last few outbursts have been on a 15-day cadence and we might be coming up to another one,” Nick James of the British … Read more