The human use of fire, attested by evidence from Africa, goes back around 1.6m years. But, hitherto, the oldest signs of deliberate fire-setting by striking pyrite with flints, unearthed in France, ...

How a Finnish physicist named Karl Lemström once became obsessed with recreating the aurora borealis from scratch – and may ...

Veterans flood Democrat’s office with supportive calls as backlash grows over ‘illegal orders’ video Flight diverted in Texas for hours—passengers not prepared for what arrives 17-year-old arrested in ...

Inmates often have to improvise their tools due to the limitations in prison. One such improvised contraption is a prison lighter, made with readily available materials. Here, we outline a simplified ...

A US company has engineered a new type of wood that it says has up to 10 times the strength-to-weight ratio of steel, while also being up to six times lighter. “Superwood” has just launched as a ...

Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, Jonathan Rinderknecht finished up a stint as an Uber driver and drove to a hiking area just north of Pacific Palisades, California. It was a familiar place for ...

DEX wars are heating up as Hyperliquid, Aster and Lighter battle for dominance; lasting success depends on tech, not token perks. A new wave of DEX wars has shifted from token incentives to a focus on ...