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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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Fantastically Wrong: Europe's Insane History of Putting Animals on Trial and Executing Them
Sep 24, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Parasitic Worm That Turns Snails Into Disco Zombies
Sep 19, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: Magellan's Strange Encounter With the 10-Foot Giants of Patagonia
Sep 17, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Naked Mole Rat Could One Day Save Your Life
Sep 12, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: The Legend of the Kraken, a Monster That Hunts With Its Own Poop
Sep 10, 2014 6:30 AM
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The Most Absurd Creatures on Earth, From Satanic Geckos to Fairy Armadillos
Sep 5, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: The Imaginary Radiation That Shocked Science and Ruined Its 'Discoverer'
Sep 3, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The 100-Foot Sea Critter That Deploys a Net of Death
Aug 29, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: The Legend of the Homicidal Fire-Proof Salamander
Aug 27, 2014 6:30 AM
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Which Creature Is the Most Absurd of All? You Decide in Our Final Matchup
Aug 25, 2014 3:12 PM
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Turns Out the U.S. Has Its Very Own Species of Ant-Zombifying Fungus
Aug 22, 2014 1:10 PM
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Why we were afraid of nighttime air until the 1900s
Aug 22, 2014 7:55 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Bird That Builds Nests So Huge They Pull Down Trees
Aug 22, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: Why People Were Terrified of Nighttime Air Until the 1900s
Aug 20, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: Voracious Velvet Worm Ensnares Foes With Jets of Slime
Aug 15, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: Ridiculous Mythical Critters Dreamed Up by 19th Century Lumberjacks
Aug 13, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: This Goofy Fish Poops Out White-Sand Beaches
Aug 8, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: Why the Guy Who Discovered Uranus Thought There's Life on the Sun
Aug 6, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: The Angry, Enormous Eagle That Could Carry Off Elephants
Jul 30, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko Wears the World's Most Unbelievable Camo
Jul 25, 2014 6:30 AM
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