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Matt Simon
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Matt Simon was a senior staff writer covering biology, robotics, and the environment. He’s the author, most recently, of
A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies
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Bugging Out
The Mantis Shrimp Inspires a New Material—Made by Bacteria
Feb 22, 2021 9:00 AM
Deep Freeze
Scientists Find Strange Critters Under a Half Mile of Ice
Feb 15, 2021 12:00 AM
Oldies
Listen to an 18,000-Year-Old Instrument Sing Once More
Feb 10, 2021 2:00 PM
Oh Snap
How This Teeny-Tiny Sea Critter Punches Like Mike Tyson
Feb 9, 2021 7:00 AM
Earth Play
So, Jeff Bezos, You Really Want to Fix the Planet?
Feb 4, 2021 7:00 AM
Gas Giants
US Cities Are Way Underreporting Their Carbon Footprints
Feb 2, 2021 11:00 AM
Dyatlov Pass
9 Adventurers Died Mysteriously. A New Theory Explains Why
Jan 28, 2021 11:00 AM
It's a Gas
Is It Time to Roll Out the Carbon-Eating Machines?
Jan 26, 2021 8:00 AM
Micro-Influencers
Sun-Loving Bacteria May Be Accelerating Glacial Melting
Jan 25, 2021 7:00 AM
Nope
Is This a Fossilized Lair of the Dreaded Bobbit Worm?
Jan 21, 2021 11:00 AM
That Sinking Feeling
The Ongoing Collapse of the World's Aquifers
Jan 19, 2021 9:00 AM
Fintech
Adorable Fish Bots Get Schooled in How to Swarm
Jan 13, 2021 2:00 PM
Planet Plastic
The Arctic Ocean Is Teeming With Microfibers From Clothes
Jan 12, 2021 11:00 AM
hotboxing
Climate Change Is Turning Cities Into Ovens
Jan 7, 2021 7:00 AM
Ruh Roh
Watch a Robot Dog Learn How to Deftly Fend Off a Human
Jan 5, 2021 8:00 AM
Smellicopter
This Drone Sniffs Out Odors With a Real Moth Antenna
Jan 4, 2021 7:00 AM
Bugging Out
Wildfire Smoke Is Loaded With Microbes. Is That Dangerous?
Dec 17, 2020 2:00 PM
That's Heavy
All the Stuff Humans Make Now Outweighs Earth’s Organisms
Dec 15, 2020 8:00 AM
Dung Depressor
Bees Paint Animal Poo on Their Homes to Repel Giant Hornets
Dec 9, 2020 2:00 PM
Psychology
Who Will We Be When This Is All Over?
Dec 7, 2020 7:00 AM
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