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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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Plastic Planet
Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain
Jun 11, 2020 2:00 PM
Creature Comforts
Behind the Scenes With an Aquarium's Master of Jellyfish
Jun 9, 2020 10:00 AM
Plagues
A Triple Threat Imperils Millions of People Across Africa
Jun 5, 2020 10:01 AM
Psychology
All This Chaos Might Be Giving You ‘Crisis Fatigue’
Jun 4, 2020 7:00 AM
WIRED Video
16 Health Workers Talk About Their Battles With the Pandemic
Jun 3, 2020 12:34 PM
Constant Crisis
An Onslaught of Crises Has Created a Modern Paradox
Jun 1, 2020 8:00 AM
Word Up
Whoooaaa Duuuuude: Why We Stretch Words in Tweets and Texts
May 27, 2020 2:00 PM
Creature Comforts
Meet This Museum's All-Star Arachnids and Insects
May 25, 2020 10:00 AM
Public Health
Will Wildfire Smoke Worsen the Pandemic? We'll Soon Find Out
May 22, 2020 8:00 AM
WIRED Video
Why Creating a Covid-19 Vaccine Is Taking So Long
May 20, 2020 10:00 AM
Climate Change
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Have Plummeted During the Pandemic
May 19, 2020 11:00 AM
Food for Thought
Covid Is Accelerating the Rise of Faux Meat
May 19, 2020 7:00 AM
Gaitkeeper
This Robot Can Guess How You're Feeling by the Way You Walk
May 18, 2020 8:00 AM
Plastic Planet
That Sea Breeze You Breathe May Be Laced With Microplastic
May 12, 2020 2:00 PM
Hot Zone
Wildfires Already Threaten the West. Then Came Covid-19
May 11, 2020 8:00 AM
Plastic Planet
This Bizarre Insect Is Building Shelters Out of Microplastic
May 7, 2020 8:00 AM
Disconnect
Pandemic Lessons From an 18th-Century Reenactor
May 6, 2020 7:00 AM
Mental Health
Pandemics Are Lonely. But Don’t Call Loneliness an 'Epidemic'
May 5, 2020 9:00 AM
Self Care
This Mental Health App Is Tailor-Made for Your Pandemic Woes
May 4, 2020 8:00 AM
Plastic Planet
'Microplastic Hot Spots' Are Tainting Deep-Sea Ecosystems
Apr 30, 2020 2:00 PM
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