That is why when I stood up at seven o’clock that evening, I eyed the electric fireplace and wondered if its simulacrum of fire, the flickering orange and red flames, glow of burning logs, and crackle ...

Fragments of iron pyrite, a rock that can be used with flint to make sparks, were found by a 400,000-year-old hearth in eastern Britain. (Jordan Mansfield | Courtesy Pathways to Ancient Britain ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

Evidence of a hearth dating to about 415,000 years ago Researchers think that Neanderthals were responsible Discovery made near the village of Barnham in Suffolk Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have ...

LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...

Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. An artist’s ...

Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk - a hearth apparently made by Neanderthals about 415,000 ...

When Kat started her first consulting job, a senior colleague pulled her aside: “You’re going to feel lost for months. Just fake confidence until you actually have it. That's how everyone does it.” ...

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ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - The Quad Cities community went into a frenzy on Jan. 16 when a call came in saying a 4-year-old girl was inside a car when it was stolen in a Rock Island neighborhood. Two ...

BELLAIRE, Texas (KTRK) -- Bellaire police say an AI-generated photo showing a fake fire at Bellaire High School caused panic on Monday morning. HISD officials say the fire alarm at Bellaire High ...

"Avatar: The Way of Water" might be the most digitally sophisticated movie ever made, but it only worked because all of its tech was in service to human emotion. In what now feels like a humbling ...