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    HOW TO TAME FIRE

    Feb 20, 2020 3 minutes
    Words by Scott Dutfield

    Ever since our caveman ancestors rubbed two sticks together to produce embers, humans have evolved a fascination with fire. In a relationship which has defined our modern-day selves, fire transformed the way humans eat, stay warm and build global civilisations. It was described in ancient Greece as one of Earth’s ‘natural elements’ alongside water, air and earth. But what exactly is fire?

    Fire is an interaction of particles that creates

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