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Jake Currie

Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

“Hell Heron”: New Dinosaur Species with a Head-mounted Sword Discovered in Africa

The dramatic find sheds new light on the diversity of spinosaurs

February 20, 2026

Babies Are Exposed to More Forever Chemicals in Utero Than Previously Thought

New research into umbilical cord blood shows a startling number of PFAS

February 19, 2026

Can Zapping Our Brains Make Us Less Selfish?

New research shows transcranial stimulation can boost altruistic behavior

February 19, 2026

Space Age Technology Reveals Secrets of Bronze Age Sword

Scientists in Berlin performed a battery of tests on a 3,400-year-old weapon

February 18, 2026

Newly Discovered Prehistoric Crocodilian Had Legs That Went All the Way Up

This stilt-legged reptile stalked the grasslands of Triassic Britain

February 18, 2026

Did Astronomers Finally Witness a Black Hole Eat a White Dwarf for the First Time?

Analysis of a violent, unprecedented cosmic outburst

February 18, 2026

The 3-D Secrets of the “Gravity Hole” Under Antarctica

“How does our climate connect to what’s going on inside our planet?”

February 17, 2026

Chins: The Evolutionary Accident Unique to Homo Sapiens

New research reveals the evolutionary accident that is the human chin

February 17, 2026

Scientists Create Map of Deadly Scorpion Hotspots  

“The findings could save lives”

February 17, 2026

Giant Pythons Once Roamed Prehistoric Taiwan

The discovery of a vertebra is another piece of the puzzle of missing apex predators

February 16, 2026

This Forest Rodent Serves as a Reservoir for the Deadly Mpox Virus

Maybe we should call mpox “squirrelpox”

February 16, 2026

Pulsar Found Near the Center of the Milky Way Could Test Einstein’s Theories

A cosmic timekeeper near a supermassive black hole has astrophysicists salivating

February 16, 2026