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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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Ice Machine
The Polar Vortex Is Awful. But It’s Great for This Robot
Jan 31, 2019 9:00 AM
Block Party
A Robot Teaches Itself to Play Jenga. But This Is No Game
Jan 30, 2019 2:00 PM
Climate Change
This App Lets Farmers Monitor Crops From Eyes in the Sky
Jan 28, 2019 9:00 AM
Conservation
Drones Drop Poison Bombs to Fight One Island’s Rat Invasion
Jan 24, 2019 11:00 AM
robotics
The Prime Challenges for Amazon's New Delivery Robot
Jan 23, 2019 4:54 PM
Emissions
The Water in Your Toilet Could Fight Climate Change One Day
Jan 23, 2019 9:00 AM
The Know-It-Alls
What Does It Mean to Be a Super Blood Wolf Moon?
Jan 20, 2019 9:00 AM
Wildfires
To Prevent Wildfires, Treat Utilities Like Railroad Barons
Jan 17, 2019 6:00 AM
Evolution
A Crocodile-Like Robot Helps Solve a 300-Million-Year Mystery
Jan 16, 2019 1:00 PM
The Water Crisis
Desalination Is Booming. But What About All That Toxic Brine?
Jan 14, 2019 10:00 AM
Chew on This
To Prevent Fires, One California Town Says 'Goat Fund Me'
Jan 10, 2019 7:00 AM
Oceanography
Ocean Cleanup's Plastic Catcher Is Busted. So What Now?
Jan 9, 2019 8:00 AM
Robotics
The Clever Clumsiness of a Robot Teaching Itself to Walk
Jan 8, 2019 3:35 PM
Machine Learnings
We Need to Not Freak Out About the Robot Revolution
Jan 4, 2019 7:00 AM
Year in Review
The Year in Robots, From Boston Dynamics to (RIP) Baxter
Dec 29, 2018 7:00 AM
Year in Review
Don't Fear the Robot Overlords—Embrace Them as Coworkers
Dec 27, 2018 8:00 AM
Robotics
A Bug-Like Robot Uses Electricity to Walk Upside Down
Dec 19, 2018 2:00 PM
Health
Scientists Journey Into the Dark Side of Cannabis
Dec 18, 2018 8:00 AM
Year in Review
Sci-Fi Promised Us Home Robots. So Where Are They?
Dec 14, 2018 7:00 AM
Natural Disasters
How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem
Nov 29, 2018 8:00 AM
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