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Jake Currie

Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Nightmarish Heron-like Dinosaur Unearthed in Patagonia

Pretty tough to be a fish 70 million years ago

May 29, 2026

The Genetic Secrets of a Shark That Lives for 500 Years

How the Greenland shark lives long and prospers

May 28, 2026

The Many Ways to Build a Black Hole

Gravitational waves point to a multifaceted assembly line for the cosmic oddities

May 28, 2026

Wearing DEET Might Be Like Ringing the Mosquito Dinner Bell

Pavlov’s dog, meet Pavlov’s mosquito

May 28, 2026

Can Cells from a Sea Cucumber Live Forever?

​​What scientists are learning about immortality from a humble marine creature

May 27, 2026

Watch Immune System Cells Gobble Up Cancer Cells

It’s the first time the activity has been caught on video

See the Stunning Images Psyche Beamed Back From Mars

The spacecraft took a much-need detour en route to the asteroid of the same name

May 26, 2026

This Toothless, Beaked Crocodile Ancestor Walked on Two Legs

It came on the scene during a time of evolutionary experimentation

May 26, 2026