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Jake Currie

Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Watch NASA’s Curiosity Rover Unstick Itself From a Rock

This isn’t the first drill problem that’s plagued the rover

May 7, 2026

Most Bird Wings Aren’t Optimized for Flight

They’re flying on a wing and a prayer

May 7, 2026

Does Sexual Attraction Cloud Our Rejection Detection?

The ability to read signals may be impaired by arousal

May 7, 2026

Giant Squid Discovered Lurking off the Australian Coast

The massive sea creature left behind some DNA

May 6, 2026

These Beetles Might Be Flying Ubers for Worms

Trigger warning for anyone squicked out by wriggling masses of things

May 6, 2026

The Best of NASA’s Newly Released Photos From the Artemis II Mission

These are the highest-resolution images of the moon ever captured by human beings

May 5, 2026

The First Male Neanderthal Genome

Genetic insights from a 110,000-year-old individual recovered from a cave in Siberia

May 5, 2026

Our Human Ancestors Dined on Takeout

Why early hominins opted for the to-go option

May 4, 2026