Damien Pine

science & tech journalist

featured articles

Yellowstone’s earthquakes spark microbial boom deep underground

Scientific American

Robot libraries filled with tiny glass ‘books’ could store data for millennia

Scientific American

Giant 'kidney beans' spotted in Mars satellite images could point to signs of water and life

Live Science

MIT's high-tech 'bubble wrap' turns air into safe drinking water — even in Death Valley

Live Science

NASA’s ultraquiet supersonic 'flying swordfish' makes history with first test flight

Live Science

Physicists just witnessed pinpricks of darkness moving faster than the speed of light ‪—‬ without breaking the laws of relativity

Live Science

Scientists spot sugar in interstellar space for the first time ever

Scientific American

Microbe ‘cities’ may solve a key ocean mystery

Scientific American

about Damien Pine

a black and white photo of Damien Pine, a pale man with shortish hair and a nice nose looking somewhat dramatically off into the distance because every time I smile in photos it looks like I'm going to bite someone and that's not the vibe I want to give off

Hello! I’m a freelance journalist and former NASA engineer. I cover science and technology news – especially space, physics, and engineering. You can find most of my articles in the archive, assuming I updated it recently.

article archive