"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." A craft hack for “fractal wood burning” is killing American DIYers. It’s an amateur rig made of a ...

Fractal wood burning has gained popularity on social media and involves using high-voltage electricity to burn lightning-shaped patterns into wood. Using electricity safely and properly is vitally ...

“You don't usually associate beautiful works of art with death,” is how the TV news program Inside Edition began its Sept. 2 report on the dangers of fractal burning, also known as Lichtenberg. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Wisconsin couple died after attempting a viral crafting technique called fractal wood burning. The process uses high-voltage ...

Richard Taylor receives funding from The Australian Research Council, The Research Council for Science Advancement, and The WM Keck Foundation. Humans are visual creatures. Objects we call “beautiful” ...