Jamie Helmick

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Young longleaf pines growing healthily in a burnt landscape
Land

Longleaf pine forests in Alabama are making a comeback—thanks to fire

By Jamie Helmick

ISS astronaut taking selfie during space walk for social media
Science

Make your social media feed smarter with these science accounts

By Jamie Helmick

Tabby cat on hardwood floors playing with a fabric toy resembling a mouse
Life Skills

5 ways to ensure your cat actually likes playtime

By Jamie Helmick

Person on yoga mat doing bridge exercise to work out muscles in core, neck, and back. Illustrated in red, black, white, and gray.
Fitness & Exercise

A guide to the muscles you forget to exercise

By Jamie Helmick

A Minecraft world with multiple mods installed, and a tiger in the foreground.
Tech Hacks

Customize your Minecraft experience by installing a creeper-load of mods

By Jamie Helmick

A kitchen counter with a tray of drying seed bombs, a bowl with a mixture of powdered clay and potting mix, and two seed packets for rosemary and lavender.
Projects

Make your own seed bombs to garden on the go

By Jamie Helmick

Berkeley Lab researcher Yan Zeng looks over the starting point at A-Lab.
AI

Tony Stark would love this new experimental materials lab

By Jamie Helmick

tsunami warning sign in Israel
AI

New AI-based tsunami warning software could help save lives

By Jamie Helmick

SpaceX's Starship and its booster
Technology

Watch SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket explode

By Jamie Helmick

Cannabis plant under purple weed grow light
Evolution

On 420, learn more about weed with these carefully cultivated science stories

By Jamie Helmick

a dji drone in flight
Drones

Drones can fly themselves with worm-inspired AI software

By Jamie Helmick

The mysterious ‘Tully monster’ didn’t have a spine after all
Evolution

The mysterious ‘Tully monster’ didn’t have a spine after all

By Jamie Helmick

Oxford malaria vaccine application kit
Vaccines

Ghana is the first country to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine

By Jamie Helmick

An adult Pygmy Zebra Octopus
Wildlife

Pygmy zebra octopus stripe patterns are as unique as human fingerprints

By Jamie Helmick

Luna moth resting on a tree.
Evolution

The alluring tail of the Luna moth is surprisingly useless for finding a mate

By Jamie Helmick

Chinese and English nametags hung up in an elementary school classroom
Science

Complex languages might shape bilingual brains differently

By Jamie Helmick

Tulare Lake flooding stalls a train after severe rainstorms from the atmospheric river in California Central Valley in March 2023
Global Warming

This phantom lake in California is back with a vengeance

By Jamie Helmick