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Jake Currie

Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Ice Age CSI: Mammoth Cold Case Files

Mysterious bones bear the marks of human butchering

June 5, 2026

Why Doesn’t Coffee Taste Like Caffeine?

It’s the same reason steaks are delicious

June 5, 2026

Screwworms Are Back. Here’s How We Eliminated Them the First Time

Screwworms used plagued the livestock industry for decades

June 4, 2026

Bumblebees Have Chimp-Like Problem-Solving Abilities Despite Tiny Brains

New research may upend the cognitive primacy of humans and other large-brained vertebrates

Watch How “Trashy” City Bowerbirds Attract Their Mates

Human-made objects are just too tempting

June 3, 2026

The Iceman’s Microbiome

Ötzi commensal microorganisms included a surprisingly cold-tolerant yeast

June 3, 2026

Rare Meteorite Hints at Ancient Planetary Collision in Our Solar System

It’s the first definitive proof of the angrite parent body

June 3, 2026

Tadpoles Use a World War I Naval Strategy to Dazzle Predators

Sometimes all it takes is a new paint job

June 2, 2026