Jesse Steinmetz

Jesse Steinmetz

Live Science Contributor

Jesse Steinmetz is a freelance reporter and public radio producer based in Massachusetts. His stories have covered everything from seaweed farmers to a minimalist smartphone company to the big business of online scammers and much more. His work has appeared in Inc. Magazine, Duolingo, CommonWealth Beacon, and the NPR affiliates GBH, WFAE and Connecticut Public, among other outlets. He holds a bachelors of arts degree in English at Hampshire College and another in music at Eastern Connecticut State University. When he isn't reporting, you can probably find him biking around Boston.

Latest articles by Jesse Steinmetz

Birds have been nesting in the Arctic Circle for almost 73 million years, newly discovered fossils reveal

By Jesse Steinmetz published

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds learned to either adapt to the harsh Arctic winter, or migrate south during the Mesozoic — the age of dinosaurs.

Birds

Almost 2 billion people could see a change in rain patterns if the planet continues to warm

By Jesse Steinmetz published

Higher global temperatures mean the intertropical convergence zone could shift south — throwing off precipitation trends for a major swath of humanity, according to new research.

Climate change
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Scientists find the best crops to grow during the apocalypse

By Jesse Steinmetz published

Sugar beets and spinach are the best vegetables to grow if you live in a temperate, midsize city during a nuclear winter, a new study suggests, while wheat and carrots are recommended for industrial production on the outskirts of town.

Plants

Bone collector caterpillar: The very hungry caterpillar of your nightmares

By Jesse Steinmetz published

Bone collectors feast on dead and dying critters caught in a spider's web and then decorate themselves with the legs, wings and heads of their victims to avoid detection by their spider hosts.

Insects