A routine military patrol turned dangerous when a Chinese fighter jet fired a flare alarmingly close to another aircraft. The ...

Experts say the government should strengthen the authority—and accountability—of security officers, raise hiring standards ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

Archaeologists found flint, iron pyrite to strike it and sediments where a fire was probably built several times at an ...

Archaeological evidence makes a compelling case for Neanderthal-created fires 400,000 years ago in Suffolk, UK — plus, how ...

The human use of fire, attested by evidence from Africa, goes back around 1.6m years. But, hitherto, the oldest signs of ...

Mark Matney’s fresh hypothesis suggests that the Star of Bethlehem may have been a bright comet that briefly appeared to ...