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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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Phones
The Uncertain Science Behind Your Phone's Blue Light Dimmer
Mar 30, 2017 10:00 AM
biology
Stentors: The Tiny Giants That Ink Like Squid and Regenerate Like Wolverine
Mar 27, 2017 9:30 AM
Robots
Meet Iorek, the Robot That Communicates in a Remarkable Way
Mar 20, 2017 11:00 AM
biology
The Secret of the Crazy-Tough Water Bear, Finally Revealed
Mar 16, 2017 12:00 PM
Science
A Robot Ear Surgeon Drills Into the Future of Medicine
Mar 15, 2017 2:00 PM
Compromise
To Make Us All Safer, Robocars Will Sometimes Have to Kill
Mar 13, 2017 10:00 AM
robotics
Baxter the Robot Fixes Its Mistakes by Reading Your Mind
Mar 6, 2017 10:00 AM
ocean science
Want to Explore the Deep Sea? The Secret Is Sound
Mar 2, 2017 10:00 AM
Robots
Boston Dynamics' New Rolling, Leaping Robot Is an Evolutionary Marvel
Mar 1, 2017 9:30 AM
Bots
Internet Bots Fight Each Other Because They're All Too Human
Mar 1, 2017 7:00 AM
Science
No, Cellphones Don't Cause Cancer. Probably
Feb 27, 2017 8:30 AM
Genetics
Running DNA Like a Computer Could Help You Fight Viruses One Day
Feb 17, 2017 5:00 AM
Absurd Creatures
The Enormous Bird That Can Ride the Wind for 10,000 Miles
Feb 13, 2017 1:00 PM
Absurd Creatures
The Badass Mouse That Turns Scorpion Venom Into a Painkiller
Feb 6, 2017 10:00 AM
Robots
Finally, the Robot Bat We Deserve
and
the Robot Bat We Need
Feb 3, 2017 2:20 AM
medicine
The Robots Are Coming for Your Heart
Jan 31, 2017 1:08 PM
food science
A Coffee Renaissance Is Brewing, and It's All Thanks to Genetics
Jan 27, 2017 12:00 PM
chemistry
Ever Had a
Really
Long Acid Trip? Now Science Knows Why
Jan 26, 2017 12:00 PM
drones
Watch Air Swirl Around a Quadcopter Drone's Rotors
Jan 24, 2017 9:00 AM
Absurd Creatures
The Achingly Cute Fish With a Suction Cup on Its Belly
Jan 23, 2017 9:00 AM
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