The shadow of the axe could be hovering over a protected Co Down wood once again, after moves to build a housing project over ...

Watch as I forge a custom splitting axe from a C45 steel billet, creating a diamond-shaped profile inspired by my favorite ...

This simple tool revolutionized the logging industry. Now folks use chainsaws to sculpt wood, clear brush and make furniture.

England are at the point of no return in the Ashes - Stephan Shemilt looks at some of their key decisions for the crucial ...

Much of human history has been influenced and shaped by warfare. Warfare itself predates history, with the squabbles and fights […] ...

A hearth dated to 400,000 years ago has been unearthed near the village of Barnham in eastern England, CNN reports.

A 400,000-year-old hearth in an English clay pit suggests our distant cousins were making and tending fire far earlier than ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of ancient humans igniting fires: a 400,000-year-old open-air hearth buried in ...

Have you ever picked up a nice-looking product and thought it would be a blast to use it, only to learn the hard way that it's just pretty, but not very usable? It might be even the tiniest of flaws ...

One can easily learn a thing or two from YouTube, but the social aspects of any hobby should not be underestimated.

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago. The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the ...

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