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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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Particle Accelerator
Greenland’s Melting Glaciers Spew a Complicated Treasure: Sand
Sep 1, 2022 8:00 AM
Bean Counters
The Long, Leguminous Quest to Give Crops Nitrogen Superpowers
Aug 30, 2022 9:00 AM
Arctic Greening
These Trees Are Spreading North in Alaska. That’s Not Good
Aug 22, 2022 7:00 AM
Get Your Share
How the Huge New US Climate Bill Will Save You Money
Aug 16, 2022 4:03 PM
Hot Wheels
This Laser-Firing Truck Could Help Make Hot Cities More Livable
Aug 9, 2022 7:00 AM
Ouch
Striking Graphs That Show Humanity’s Domination of the Earth
Aug 3, 2022 11:00 AM
green revolution
The New Climate Bill’s Secret Weapon? Tax Credits
Jul 29, 2022 7:00 AM
Climate Change
Wildfire Smoke Is Terrible for You. But What Does It Do to Cows?
Jul 26, 2022 9:00 AM
Ship Tracks
How Do You Know a Cargo Ship Is Polluting? It Makes Clouds
Jul 25, 2022 8:00 AM
The Pyrocene
Europe Has Descended Into the Age of Fire
Jul 20, 2022 8:00 AM
Heat Advisory
Why the Arctic Is Warming 4 Times as Fast as the Rest of Earth
Jul 18, 2022 8:00 AM
Hot Topic
Texas’ Precarious Power Grid Exposes a Nasty Feedback Loop
Jul 15, 2022 8:00 AM
WIRED Q&A
The Infamous 1972 Report That Warned of Civilization's Collapse
Jul 6, 2022 7:00 AM
Geoengineering
The Nightmare Politics and Sticky Science of Hacking the Climate
Jun 22, 2022 10:36 AM
Gas Giant
The US Can Halve Its Emissions by 2030—if It Wants To
Jun 15, 2022 8:00 AM
Oh Good
‘Plastitar’ Is the Unholy Spawn of Oil Spills and Microplastics
Jun 8, 2022 8:00 AM
Pew Pew Pew
How Ants Inspired a New Way to Measure Snow With Space Lasers
May 31, 2022 7:00 AM
Rumblings
Undersea Cables Are Carrying Scientific Secrets
May 24, 2022 8:00 AM
For Peat's Sake
Carbon-Rich Peat Is Disappearing. But Is It Also Growing?
May 18, 2022 7:00 AM
Grime Time
A Powerful ISS Instrument Will Hunt for Minerals in Dusty Lands
May 13, 2022 8:00 AM
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