Jake Currie
We Finally Know the Time of Day on Mars
This deceptively difficult question to answer is vital to exploration
Living Large: Giant Anacondas Blew Up 12 Million Years Ago
Recently unearthed fossilized vertebrae shows the resilience of the massive snakes
Vampire Squid Genome Offers Glimpse Into Octopus Evolution
Scientists decoded the elusive creature’s genome for the first time
The Secret Busy Lives of Small Icy Moons
A surprising churn of activity conducive to life may lie beneath their frigid surfaces
Easter Island Statue Construction Wasn’t a Top-Down Affair
New research reveals moai creation was a decentralized process
The Seven Sisters Get 3,000 New Siblings
New research into the Pleiades points to a crowded stellar nursery
Scientists Gaze Into the Heart of a Cosmic Vampire
New research into white dwarfs could help us measure our universe
Was Dark Matter Just Detected for the First Time?
“If this is correct, to the extent of my knowledge, it would mark the first time humanity has ‘seen’ dark matter.”
Seeing a Superhero on the Subway Makes People More Likely to Surrender Their Seats
You might be on your best behavior with the Dark Knight or Superman watching, too
“Living Fossil” Discovered by Accident Could Reshape Tree of Life
Meet the miniscule protist harboring jaw-dropping evolutionary secrets
