Matt Simon

Matt Simon

Matt Simon is 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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This pig’s bacon was delicious (And she’s alive and well)

A company called Mission Barns is cultivating pork fat in bioreactors and turning it into meatballs and other products.

EVs can fix the grid with vehicle-to-grid technology, lower your electric bill

A pilot project in Maryland is using EVs and vehicle-to-grid technology to create a cleaner, more resilient, and more affordable…

The science behind the heat dome — ‘a mosh pit’ of molecules

The heat dome: A mass of dangerous heat and humidity that’s spreading across the US. What exactly is it?

The Science Behind the Catastrophic Floods in Texas

This disaster has climate change’s marks all over it — a perfect storm of conspiring phenomena, both in the atmosphere…

The weird way that penguin guano (poop) might be cooling Antarctica

Scientists find that ammonia wafting from all that penguin guano kicks off an atmospheric chain reaction.

Oh, Great: Rat Populations Are Surging as Cities Heat Up

Hotter weather makes it easier for rodents to feed and breed. Washington, D.C. saw a 390 percent increase in rats…

He’ll Try, But Trump Can’t Stop the Clean Energy Revolution

The cost of renewables is plummeting, heat pumps are selling like crazy, and red states are raking in cash from…