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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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Pollution
Ocean Cleanup’s New Plastic-Catcher … Kinda Already Exists?
Oct 26, 2019 2:45 PM
WIRED Video
The Blob That Won the Internet Is Weirder Than You Think
Oct 25, 2019 2:54 PM
Climate change
The Age of Flames Is Consuming California
Oct 24, 2019 8:14 PM
Muscling In
Scientists Are Literally Spinning Up Lab-Grown Meat
Oct 22, 2019 8:00 AM
DIGITAL EVOLUTION
The Bizarre Aye-Aye Isn’t Giving Us the Finger After All
Oct 21, 2019 8:00 AM
Environment
How Chaos Will Unfold if Trump Opens the Tongass to Logging
Oct 17, 2019 7:00 AM
Dark Matters
The Scramble to Launch a Rocket During California’s Blackout
Oct 15, 2019 5:08 PM
What a Gas
Listen to an Underwater Volcano Burp 750-Foot Bubbles
Oct 14, 2019 11:00 AM
As the World Burns
Power Shutoffs Can’t Save California From Wildfire Hell
Oct 8, 2019 7:40 PM
To Arms!
Microfibers Are the New Microbeads. Grab Your Pitchforks
Oct 8, 2019 8:00 AM
Environment
7 Trillion Microplastic Particles Pollute the SF Bay a Year
Oct 3, 2019 7:00 AM
Hot Commodity
This Clever Gel Works Like a Vaccine for Wildfires
Sep 30, 2019 3:00 PM
Climate Change
We’re Killing the Oceans, and We’ll Pay Dearly for It
Sep 25, 2019 5:00 AM
Machines, Learning
Spot, the Internet’s Wildest 4-Legged Robot, Is Finally Here
Sep 24, 2019 10:00 AM
WIRED Video
Why These Geese Wear Tiny Backpacks and Fly in a Wind Tunnel
Sep 23, 2019 8:00 AM
Das Kapital
Capitalism Made This Mess, and This Mess Will Ruin It
Sep 20, 2019 7:00 AM
Nerd Fight
James Cameron and the Saga of the Deepest* Solo Dive Ever
Sep 17, 2019 7:00 AM
WIRED Video
Meet a Mad Scientist Who Flies Into Hurricanes
Sep 13, 2019 7:00 AM
WATERLOGGED
The Riddle, and Controversy, of All That Missing Plastic
Sep 12, 2019 11:00 AM
Chew on This
Let's All Just Chill About Processed Foods
Sep 9, 2019 7:00 AM
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