Stories by Jacek Krywko

Jacek Krywko is a freelance writer who covers space exploration, artificial intelligence, computer science and all sorts of engineering wizardry.

In this artist’s impression, we see the planet HIP 67522 b sending a wave of energy down the magnetic field lines toward the surface of its host star, which it is closely orbiting. When the wave meets the end of the magnetic field line at the star’s surface, it triggers a massive flare

ExoplanetsJuly 2, 2025

Astronomers Found the Most Self-Destructive Planet in the Sky

This planet triggers flares on its star—spelling its ultimate doom

Jacek Krywko

Looping gif video of a lab grown tower of C. elegans wriggling under a microscope

BehaviorJune 5, 2025

This ‘Tower of Worms’ Is a Squirming Superorganism

Scientists have captured the first videos of wild roundworms forming living, wriggling towers that behave as one big superorganism

Jacek Krywko

VisionApril 18, 2025

This Impossible New Color Is So Rare That Only Five People Have Seen It

Researchers discover a new color outside the range of human color vision, but you have to laser your retinas to see it

Jacek Krywko

3D rendering of a nuclear fusion reactor with dramatic red lighting

Nuclear energyMarch 25, 2025

How Researchers Found a Greener Way to Make Fuel for Nuclear Fusion—By Accident

Researchers have found an environmentally safer way to extract the lithium 6 needed to create fuel for nuclear fusion reactors. The new approach doesn’t require toxic mercury, as conventional methods do

Jacek Krywko

Portrait of Jeff Sebo surrounded by animals

ConsciousnessMarch 11, 2025

The Secret to Understanding Animal Consciousness May Be Joy

Animal emotions—including joy—may be key markers of conscious beings

Jacek Krywko