Stories by Luke Groskin

Luke Groskin is an independent science filmmaker based out of New York and Boston. Follow Luke Groskin on Twitter @lgroskin

Artificial Intelligence

These Researchers Used AI to Design a Completely New ‘Animal Robot’

“Xenobots” are living, swimming self-powered robots that measure less than a millimeter across. They are evolved by artificial intelligence and built out of frog stem cells—and they could open new medical frontiers...

March 6, 2023 — Luke Groskin

Public Health

The Government Is Racing to Put Your Toilet Under Surveillance—For a Good Reason

A relatively new type of snooping—we will call it poop snooping—could help us all react more quickly to new variants of the COVID-causing coronavirus or future pandemics...

September 28, 2022 — Luke Groskin

Animals

13,000 Crabs Crawl into a Museum (Collection)

The American Museum of Natural History recently received the life’s work of a professor in Minnesota—1,274 jars of crabs collected over decades from around the world.

August 31, 2022 — Luke Groskin

Biology

How to Film a Polar Bear

It starts with a terrifying helicopter ride

August 1, 2017 — Luke Groskin