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 ...

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.

Wildfires are sweeping across Kansas and Oklahoma right now, and homeowners are being urged to take precautions to protect their properties from damage. More than a dozen fires have already ravaged ...

Everyone loves a good kitchen shortcut. After all, saving time while cooking or cleaning can make life easier, especially when you’re juggling a busy schedule. But some kitchen shortcuts aren’t just ...

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 ...