You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. It was supposed to be a typical watermelon crop, or at least that’s what 20 Chinese farmers were expecting.

In an online world where viral trends can shift in an instant, the "exploding watermelon" video may have set a high-water mark. Accused of murdering his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius will learn his fate ...

Watermelons have been bursting by the score in eastern China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather, creating fields of "land mines" instead of the bounty of fruit ...