Harry Whittaker departs the Old Bailey in central London (Jonathan Brady/PA) A “nerdy” science buff claimed to have caused an explosion while carrying out experiments in his shed, then blamed a ...

This is the moment a teenager was hit in the face by an exploding watermelon during a science experiment gone wrong. Ellice Nisbet, 16, from Sunnyvale, California, was in the garden of her home as she ...

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A “nerdy” science buff claimed to have caused an explosion while carrying out experiments in his shed, then blamed a life-threatening allergic reaction on his mother’s potpourri, a court has heard.