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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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Absurd Creatures
You Say Rotifer, I Say Tiny Critter With a Buzzsaw for a Face
Jul 18, 2016 8:00 AM
food science
Charcoal Grilling Tastes Better Than Gas. It’s Just Science
Jul 13, 2016 7:00 AM
Absurd Creatures
Absurd Creatures
: Sea Spiders Won't Bite, But They Do Have Genitals in Their Legs
Jul 11, 2016 9:00 AM
Food
I've Been to the Future. It Tastes Like Crickets
Jul 8, 2016 7:00 AM
Pew! Pew!
Hey Mosquitoes: Let's See How You Like a Killer Fungus
Jul 7, 2016 2:00 PM
Absurd Creatures
Absurd Creatures
: The Peanut Bug Is Sick and Tired of Being Bullied
Jul 5, 2016 7:00 AM
Absurd Creatures
Absurd Creatures
: Someone Tell the Tree Kangaroo to Get Down From There
Jun 27, 2016 8:00 AM
Enterprise
The Remarkable Tech Bringing the Deaf and Hearing Worlds Together
Jun 27, 2016 7:00 AM
Absurd Creatures
Absurd Creatures
: You'd Look Pissed Too if You Had This Critter's Sex Life
Jun 20, 2016 9:00 AM
Absurd Creatures
Absurd Creatures
: That Fish That Suctions to Sharks? It's Actually Pretty Righteous
Jun 13, 2016 8:00 AM
coming soon
Unraveling the Mystery of the Ocean's Twilight Zone
Jun 8, 2016 7:00 AM
Absurd Creatures
Absurd Creatures
: The Bearcat Isn't a Bear or Cat But It Does Smell Like Popcorn
Jun 6, 2016 7:00 AM
Absurd Creatures
Absurd Creatures
: Fish Think They're Safe From Birds But This Bird Is Like LOL
May 31, 2016 7:00 AM
medicine
Soon You'll Swallow Origami Pills and Get Magnetic Colonoscopies
May 26, 2016 2:40 PM
agriculture
The Future of Humanity's Food Supply Is in the Hands of AI
May 25, 2016 1:26 PM
Absurd Creatures
Absurd Creatures
: Three-Foot-Wide Crab Will Eat Your Soul and Maybe Also Kittens
May 23, 2016 8:00 AM
Absurd Creatures
Absurd Creatures
: The Vicious Fish With a Strike Like You Wouldn't Believe
May 16, 2016 7:00 AM
Sports
How They Filmed the Wildest Snowboard Series You'll Ever See
May 13, 2016 9:00 AM
what the...
Does This Terrifying Robot
Really
Have to Look Like a Mermaid?
May 11, 2016 3:51 PM
whoa
Only Robots Can Visit Deep-Sea Vents. Now You Can—In Glorious VR!
May 10, 2016 3:30 PM
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