New research suggests ancient copper smelters accidentally discovered iron, sparking the technological shift that transformed ...

Copper smelters once used iron oxide to refine copper, unintentionally advancing the path toward iron metallurgy. Research conducted at Cranfield University provides new insight into the shift from ...

A 4,200-year-old climate shift triggered drought and famine, revealing how ancient societies adapted at the start of the Iron Age.

Since the start of 2025, prices of iron ore has been virtually glued to the $100 mark, where it opened the year.

The rise of the Iron Age —and the complete shift in the way the world worked that it caused—was likely an accident. And according to new research, a copper smelting site used roughly 3,000 years ago ...

Ancient copper smelters in Georgia may have accidentally paved the way for the Iron Age, providing new insights into human ...

Shea Strouse and Faith Kepner passed the time sitting on a blanket in a parking garage, playing back-to-back games of UNO.