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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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Extinction
Many Animals Can’t Adapt Fast Enough to Climate Change
Jul 23, 2019 11:00 AM
Climate Change
The Sea Is Consuming Jakarta, and Its People Aren't Insured
Jul 19, 2019 8:00 AM
Parasites
Now We Know How the Zombie Ant Gets Its Bite
Jul 17, 2019 6:00 PM
Environment
Climate Change Is Very Real. But So Much of It Is Uncertain
Jul 17, 2019 1:00 PM
Automation
Robots Alone Can't Solve Amazon's Labor Woes
Jul 15, 2019 7:00 AM
Sex
A high-tech butt plug is our best hope for understanding orgasms
Jul 13, 2019 1:00 AM
Sex Research
The Strange Saga of the Butt Plug Turned Research Device
Jul 11, 2019 7:00 AM
Engineering
An Itty-Bitty Robot That Lifts Off Like a Sci-Fi Spaceship
Jul 4, 2019 8:00 AM
Biomimetics
This Jellyfish Robot Is Much More Than Just a Good Swimmer
Jul 2, 2019 11:00 AM
Environment
How Remote Lakes Could Help Unravel Microplastic's Mysteries
Jul 1, 2019 7:00 AM
Robotics
What Could Possibly Be Cooler Than RoboBee? RoboBee X-Wing
Jun 26, 2019 1:00 PM
Machines, Learning
Facebook Unleashes Software to Make Programming Robots Easy
Jun 20, 2019 10:00 AM
Swim Lessons
This Robot Fish Powers Itself With Fake Blood
Jun 19, 2019 1:00 PM
Power Play
Blame Utilities for Wildfires, But Blame Everyone Else Too
Jun 14, 2019 7:00 AM
High Times
These Ancient Peoples Smoked the Chronic at Funerals
Jun 12, 2019 2:00 PM
Psychedelic Science
The Heady, Thorny Journey to Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms
Jun 10, 2019 7:00 AM
Environment
Monterey Bay Is a Natural Wonder—Poisoned With Microplastic
Jun 6, 2019 9:00 AM
Machines, Learning
Your First Look Inside Amazon’s Robot Warehouse of Tomorrow
Jun 5, 2019 12:00 PM
Bugging Out
Tired: Eating Bugs. Wired: Eating Bug Meat Grown in a Lab
Jun 3, 2019 9:00 AM
Write On
This Robot Can Write in Languages It’s Never Seen Before
May 27, 2019 9:00 AM
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