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 now eastern England around 400,000 years ago.
A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than 400,000 years, in a field in Suffolk. The discovery shows humans were making fire about 350,000 years earlier than previously known.
Disney is hoping to build up hype for Robert Downey Jr.'s return to the MCU. But when will the first trailer for Avengers: Doomsday arrive?
All experiments broke records in the final full operating year of the third run of the LHC.
Mega Dimension has a roundabout way to find more Shinies if you drop the cash The post Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s $30 DLC Pay Gates A Fix For Its Insufferable Shiny Grind appeared first on Kotaku .
As fishery management practices struggle to keep up with warming waters, the insights of local lobstermen provide an invaluable understanding of changing dynamics, new research shows.
Scientists have long been trying to reconstruct the appearance of dinosaurs. The tidbits they are able to piece together from fossils and other analysis are displayed in museums, educational materials, and media, lending to our idea of what these ancient creatures looked like.
Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a geochemical record of their parent bodies makes them promising candidates for future
Glowmade is now reportedly making layoffs.
A research team led by Professor Woong-bae Zee at Sejong University has uncovered compelling evidence that the distinctive warped shapes of many disk galaxies are closely tied to both their surrounding satellite systems and the vast cosmic web in which they reside.
Or you could just use its 1440p dual-mode option and enjoy the 330 Hz refresh rate.
To boost our understanding of a little-known civilization that thrived more than 3,000 years ago, scientists have built an easy-to-use digital catalog of 483 Bronze Age sites in western Anatolia.
Observations of the formation of light-nuclei from high-energy collisions may help in the hunt for dark matter.
The move to restore the Allenby crossing as a transit point for relief comes as pressure builds on Israel to move the ceasefire in Gaza into its second phase.
A new Dartmouth study opens new avenues for understanding—and potentially manipulating—how cells decide to live or die.
As Guillermo del Toro’s go-to composer, Alexandre Desplat knew about the filmmaker’s desire to tell his version of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” While del Toro loved the story, Desplat admits his own relationship with the iconic character was pretty much non-existent. He had
The musician performed “Red Daisy,” “My Alice,” “Malfunction Junction,” and “Gild the Lily”
ID@Xbox curates a collection of unsung heroes to play on your Xbox Series console The post 9 Of The Best Free Demos To Try In Xbox’s Indie Selects Demo Fest appeared first on Kotaku .
Researchers at University Medicine Oldenburg have developed an AI tool that delivers fewer false-positive results than conventional screening methods when testing bacteria for resistance to reserve antibiotics. The research group calls the new AI model CarbaDetector. It is
House lawmakers will convene Wednesday afternoon for debate on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2026. The mammoth defense spending bill advanced through the House Rules Committee late Tuesday, despite some GOP pushback over some compromises made
Movies are the great escape. “Optimistic endings, passionate romances,” sings the incarcerated dreamer of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” who looks to old Hollywood movies as an oasis of beauty and faith. Yet in 2025, a year when the drama of entertainment was eclipsed by the
Lisa Takeuchi Cullen has signed with Verve for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. She continues to be repped by manager A.B. Fischer at Literate and attorney Ryan Nord. Cullen recently worked on shows like “The Endgame” and “Law & Order: SVU” as a co-executive
The United States must provide sustained support to Syria's transition to a new political order, including humanitarian assistance, in order to ensure regional stability and U.S. national security.
A majority of Americans who said grocery prices are hard to afford blamed the Trump administration for putting them in that situation, according to a new poll. The Politico Poll, conducted in mid-November, asks those who said grocery prices are “difficult” or “very difficult”
Though Bethesda has created a number of esteemed RPGs, it is burning all the goodwill earned by those games based on recent fan discussions
When the late summer sun falls over Ireland's Wicklow Mountains, the slopes turn purple with blooming heather. Honeybees are moved to the heathlands for the sought-after heather honey, but their presence affects wild bumblebees.
We list all the new Pokémon added in the Pokémon Legends: Z-A — Mega Dimension DLC.
A driverless Waymo vehicle turned into a temporary birthing center.
New psychoactive substances, originally developed as potential analgesics but abandoned due to adverse side effects, may still have pharmaceutical value if researchers could nail down the causes of those side effects. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer on Wednesday blocked President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to California, rejecting the notion that recent anti-ICE/Border Patrol protests amounted to rebellion. “The founders designed our government to be a system of checks
Nestle has used more vegetable oil in it recipes, meaning the treats no longer qualify as chocolate under UK law
Obesity accelerates the rise of Alzheimer’s-related blood biomarkers far more rapidly than previously recognized. Long-term imaging and plasma data show that obese individuals experience much faster increases in proteins linked to neurodegeneration and amyloid buildup.
An estimated 4,500 women could be entitled to compensation.
Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and a series of millions-selling sequels, died Monday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer.
For the first time, scientists have resolved extremely intense tropical cyclones and their effect on the ocean carbon cycle in a global Earth system model. Using two category-4 hurricanes in the North Atlantic as examples, the study reveals a cascade of physical-biogeochemical
The studio is also letting people add more decorative items to their digital homes The post World Of Warcraft Players Are Making Houses Fly And Blizzard Approves appeared first on Kotaku .
The announcement from RÚV comes a week after four other countries announced they were pulling out of next year's Eurovision in protest against Israel’s participation.
20 years on. Or should that be 26 years on...?
A collaboration between the University of Konstanz and Forschungszentrum Jülich has achieved the first fully tunable experimental realization of a long predicted "swarmalator" system. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows how tiny, self-propelled particles can
From artist Miya Ando, Water of the Sky, A Dictionary of 2,000 Japanese Rain Words . Through a collection of 2,000 Japanese words, their English interpretations, and 100 drawings, Ando describes the breadth and diversity of rain’s many expressions: when it falls, how it falls,
Leading Moroccan line producer Karim Debbagh‘s Kasbah Films is ready for the shoot of “Lords of War,” Andrew Niccol’s sequel to his 2005 crime thriller “Lord of War.” The movie starts filming today in Morocco with Nicolas Cage returning as the world’s most notorious arms
Tamra Davis' The Best Summer featuring Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, and more will also premiere alongside Marianne Faithfull documentary Broken English
Sorry if you were expecting Bionic Commando.
Producing fusion energy requires heating plasma to more than one hundred million degrees and confining it stably with strong magnetic fields. However, plasma naturally develops fluctuations known as turbulence, and they carry heat outward and weaken confinement. Understanding
The Commission said it will work to broker a political compromise among member states to accelerate the development of electricity interconnections as part of the "Grids Package".
A recent post circulating on X claims that the European Parliament has adopted a "Migration and Asylum Pact" that would compel all EU member states to accept irregular migrants or face substantial fines.
PARIS/LONDON, Dec 10 - The leaders of Britain, France and Germany held a call on Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Washington's latest peace efforts to end the war in Ukraine, in what they said was \"a critical moment\" in the process.