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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 during NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test on June 05, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Rocket fuel chemical found in foods

Cackling geese (Branta hutchinsii) flying (Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Millions of birds impacted by fireworks

Dog Wearing Headphones (Getty Images / Nagy Attila / EyeEm)

The case against fireworks

Fireworks in the shape of smiling faces are sent during the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on February 9, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

The science of ‘shape’ fireworks

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Nightly Rogue Fireworks Displays Across New York Continue To Bemuse The City (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

9 fascinating facts about fireworks

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss

Flames rise near homes during the Blue Ridge Fire on October 27, 2020 in Chino Hills, California. Strong Santa Ana Winds gusting to more than 90 miles per hour have driven the Blue Ridge Fire and Silverado Fire across thousands of acres, grounding firefighting aircraft, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee, and gravely injuring two firefighters. More than 8,200 wildfires have burned across a record 4 million-plus acres so far this year, more than double the previous record. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Scientists urge US to skip the fireworks

Zoya Teirstein - Grist

Pyrotechnicians prepare for a 4th of July fireworks show (David Greedy/Getty Images)

Scientists: Skip fireworks this July 4th

Jennifer Balch, Alexander L. Metcalf, Dave McWethy, Philip Higuera - The Conversation

Pyrotechnicians prepare for a 4th of July fireworks show (David Greedy/Getty Images)

Pro fireworks industry may die by 2021

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Why are people lighting off fireworks?

Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation

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Fourth of July is miserable for dogs

Christine Calder - The Conversation

FILE - In this Friday, July 4, 2014 file photo, fireworks light up the lower Manhattan skyline during the Macy's Annual Fourth of July fireworks show in New York. On Tuesday, July 30, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency said children, older adults, and people with heart disease, asthma or other lung diseases are considered to be particularly sensitive to particle pollution. The agency recommended that they limit their exposure by watching fireworks from upwind. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (AP)

4th of July facts

Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation

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The life of a pyrotechnician

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Weed and fireworks

Maria Loreto - The Fresh Toast

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America's love for fireworks

Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation

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The downside of fireworks

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Fireworks factory explodes

Joanna Rothkopf

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Fireworks should be banned

Associated Press

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Preview of his stage show

Daniel D'Addario

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