‘Jaws’ at 50: Scientists Are Still Studying the Mysteries of Sharks
When Steven Spielberg’s famous mechanical shark, Bruce, first appeared onscreen in the summer of 1975, Chris Lowe thought it looked fake. Dr. Lowe, who now leads the Shark Lab at California State Long Beach, was 11 that year. He had grown up on Martha’s Vineyard, the island in Massachusetts where “Jaws” was filmed. He had…