Jake Currie
Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.
Fanged Frog of Borneo Shows Speciation Is Messy
The debate between lumpers and splitters rages on
These Bacteria Beat Cancer By Eating Cancer
They’re being engineered to devour tumors from the inside out
How Three Students Designed an Atomic Bomb
A top-secret 1960s project tasked physics postdocs with building The Bomb
Watch How Planet-Hopping Microbes Can Survive Asteroid Strikes
This polyextremophile bacterium could survive an interplanetary trip
Paleontologists Solve the Mystery of a Twisted Jawbone With Sideways Teeth
The Tanyka was a little like a platypus
World’s Largest Acid Geyser Erupts, Right in Our Backyard
Yellowstone National Park is home to the world’s most impressive geysers
Watch How Water Bears Can Survive in Martian Dirt
There’s a way for the tiny resilient creatures to thrive even on the red planet
Laughing Off Your Mistakes Makes You Seem More Competent
“People often overestimate how harshly others judge their minor social mistakes”
New Jellyfish Species Gets Its Michelin Star Moment
The newly described species went mislabeled for years
Astronomers Capture Largest Image of Milky Way Ever
“It’s a place of extremes, invisible to our eyes, but now revealed in extraordinary detail”
Early Exposure to Junk Food Has Brain-Altering Effects
That first hit of burger and fries can leave quite the impression











