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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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AI Agriculture
Phone-Powered AI Spots Sick Plants With Remarkable Accuracy
Oct 2, 2017 7:00 AM
Robots
The Adorable Microbots That Swarm to Build Structures
Sep 28, 2017 7:00 AM
video
The Education of Brett the Robot
Sep 21, 2017 1:58 PM
Burgers
Inside the Strange Science of the Fake Meat That 'Bleeds'
Sep 20, 2017 11:00 AM
Computers
The Bonkers Engineering Behind America's Latest Supercomputer
Sep 11, 2017 12:00 PM
Robots
A Brave Bomb-Disposal Robot You Control in Virtual Reality
Sep 7, 2017 11:30 AM
Robots
Want a Robot to Walk Like You? Don't Expect It to Look Human
Aug 31, 2017 2:07 PM
Disasters
Why Those Fire Ant Rafts in Texas Are Such Bad News
Aug 28, 2017 7:27 PM
Business
Tax the Rich
and
the Robots? California's Thinking About It
Aug 24, 2017 7:00 AM
Robots
What Is a Robot?
Aug 24, 2017 7:00 AM
Robots
Bizarre Sea Creature Could Teach Humans to Do the Locomotion
Aug 22, 2017 2:38 PM
Robots
The Robots Will Be Soft and Cuddly and Heal Their Own Wounds
Aug 18, 2017 10:00 AM
robots
The Promise and Creepiness of a Scuttling Six-Legged Robot
Aug 15, 2017 12:00 PM
The Plan to Put a 3-D Printer With Robot Arms Into Orbit
Aug 14, 2017 12:00 PM
Space
Catching Up With a Huge Spacecraft in the Asteroid Belt
Aug 11, 2017 4:05 PM
robotics
Companion Robots Are Here. Just Don't Fall in Love With Them
Aug 2, 2017 7:00 AM
Space
Dive Into a Galaxy of Footage From NASA's X-Plane Program
Jul 25, 2017 8:30 AM
Robotics
A Keen-Eyed Robot Goes to Work for a Paralyzed Veteran
Jul 20, 2017 11:00 AM
Robots
Want a Robot That Can Really Feel? Give It Whiskers
Jul 14, 2017 11:00 AM
Robots
Meet Salto, the One-Legged Robot With an Incredible Leap
Jul 6, 2017 1:59 PM
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