Starting a fire led to advancements such as cooking, which unlocked nutrients that improved the size and cognition of the ...

The ability to make fire on demand has long been seen as a turning point in our evolutionary story. It unlocked benefits like ...

Los Angeles is burning, but it isn't alone. In recent years, fires have blasted through cities in Colorado, the southern Appalachians and the island of Maui, along with Canada, Australia, Portugal and ...

BurnBot is a huge, Zamboni-like vehicle that executes precisely controlled burns of flammable grass alongside buildings and roadways. It’s designed to create fire breaks — lines of charred land — that ...

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 ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — As firefighters continue to battle the devastating California wildfires, many homeowners may wonder what to do if a fire breaks out. Arizona’s Family spoke to a Valley firefighter ...

Portage Mayor Austin Bonta has begun talks with Portage Township Trustee Brendan Clancy on creating a fire territory that would merge the city and South Haven fire departments and possibly others.

This is a developing story. For the latest local updates head to LAist.com and sign up for breaking news alerts. While Los Angeles officials are making progress in fire containment and search and ...

This behind-the-scenes video reveals the process of safely creating fire and smoke effects on set. From practical setups and controlled burns to smoke machines and post-production enhancement, it ...