Matt Reynolds
@mattreynolds.bsky.social
Director of Communications at Forecasting Research Institute // matt@forecastingresearch.org // Previously @wired.com @newscientist.com
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Great to see our report on LLM-enabled biorisk covered in the latest issue of The Economist: www.economist.com/briefing/202...
July 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Great to see our report on LLM-enabled biorisk covered in the latest issue of The Economist: www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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An attempt to subjugate nature to the desire of one man (41-year-old but ageless Argentinian polo player) is threatened by the secret business ambitions of another (third-generation oil-and-gas Texan) @jacobfeldman.bsky.social's favorite by @mattreynolds.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/clonin...
Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized
A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal.
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July 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
An attempt to subjugate nature to the desire of one man (41-year-old but ageless Argentinian polo player) is threatened by the secret business ambitions of another (third-generation oil-and-gas Texan) @jacobfeldman.bsky.social's favorite by @mattreynolds.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/clonin...
As always, Matt made this pice 10x better – digging up new info and making everything watertight. Gonna miss working with him!
One of my favorite pieces to fact check at @wired.com, involving polo, billionaires, scouring YouTube for old matches at the Campo Argentino del Polo & thousands of pages of court documents and trial transcripts. Plus, being able to work with @mattreynolds.bsky.social.
My final piece for @wired.com
A story of biotech and betrayal, based on thousands of court documents, depositions, testimony and interviews.
Featuring an Argentine polo star, a Texas oilman and an exiled Russian billionaire. Oh, and lots and lots of cloned horses.
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
A story of biotech and betrayal, based on thousands of court documents, depositions, testimony and interviews.
Featuring an Argentine polo star, a Texas oilman and an exiled Russian billionaire. Oh, and lots and lots of cloned horses.
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
July 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As always, Matt made this pice 10x better – digging up new info and making everything watertight. Gonna miss working with him!
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Make some time for this incredible @mattreynolds.bsky.social story—featuring a polo star, a Texas oilman, a Russian billionaire and a stunning betrayal. Oh, and clones!
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized
A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal.
www.wired.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Make some time for this incredible @mattreynolds.bsky.social story—featuring a polo star, a Texas oilman, a Russian billionaire and a stunning betrayal. Oh, and clones!
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
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This is wild
A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal. www.wired.com/story/clonin...
Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized
A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal.
www.wired.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This is wild
My final piece for @wired.com
A story of biotech and betrayal, based on thousands of court documents, depositions, testimony and interviews.
Featuring an Argentine polo star, a Texas oilman and an exiled Russian billionaire. Oh, and lots and lots of cloned horses.
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
A story of biotech and betrayal, based on thousands of court documents, depositions, testimony and interviews.
Featuring an Argentine polo star, a Texas oilman and an exiled Russian billionaire. Oh, and lots and lots of cloned horses.
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized
A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal.
www.wired.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My final piece for @wired.com
A story of biotech and betrayal, based on thousands of court documents, depositions, testimony and interviews.
Featuring an Argentine polo star, a Texas oilman and an exiled Russian billionaire. Oh, and lots and lots of cloned horses.
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
A story of biotech and betrayal, based on thousands of court documents, depositions, testimony and interviews.
Featuring an Argentine polo star, a Texas oilman and an exiled Russian billionaire. Oh, and lots and lots of cloned horses.
www.wired.com/story/clonin...
Some *personal news*
I'm the new Director of Communications at
@Research_FRI
I'll be getting the word out on how the science of forecasting can help decision-makers approach high-stake issues, such as AI, nuclear and bio risks.
I'm the new Director of Communications at
@Research_FRI
I'll be getting the word out on how the science of forecasting can help decision-makers approach high-stake issues, such as AI, nuclear and bio risks.
June 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Some *personal news*
I'm the new Director of Communications at
@Research_FRI
I'll be getting the word out on how the science of forecasting can help decision-makers approach high-stake issues, such as AI, nuclear and bio risks.
I'm the new Director of Communications at
@Research_FRI
I'll be getting the word out on how the science of forecasting can help decision-makers approach high-stake issues, such as AI, nuclear and bio risks.
I have two gift subscriptions to the London Review of Books to give away! Shout if you want one (I have run out of friends to foist them on)
Am assuming you have to be UK-based
Am assuming you have to be UK-based
May 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I have two gift subscriptions to the London Review of Books to give away! Shout if you want one (I have run out of friends to foist them on)
Am assuming you have to be UK-based
Am assuming you have to be UK-based
I went to a blood-cleaning clinic to find out how many microplastics are lurking in my blood
www.wired.com/story/this-s...
www.wired.com/story/this-s...
This Startup Says It Can Clean Your Blood of Microplastics
The elective medical industry is cashing in on plastic pollution fears, but the evidence of harm from microplastics is still deeply uncertain.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I went to a blood-cleaning clinic to find out how many microplastics are lurking in my blood
www.wired.com/story/this-s...
www.wired.com/story/this-s...
New: Mississippi's bill banning cultivated meat has now passed in law, without the governor's signature. Will come into effect on July 1
I wrote about the bill when it passed both houses two weeks ago
www.wired.com/story/missis...
I wrote about the bill when it passed both houses two weeks ago
www.wired.com/story/missis...
Mississippi Passes Bill Banning Lab-Grown Meat
Three states have now passed legislation making it illegal to manufacture, sell, or distribute cultivated meat.
www.wired.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New: Mississippi's bill banning cultivated meat has now passed in law, without the governor's signature. Will come into effect on July 1
I wrote about the bill when it passed both houses two weeks ago
www.wired.com/story/missis...
I wrote about the bill when it passed both houses two weeks ago
www.wired.com/story/missis...
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The de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences has used gene editing to make a "woolly mouse," which it says is a step toward bringing back the woolly mammoth. Story by my colleague @mattreynolds.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Just Created a ‘Woolly Mouse’ With Mammoth-Like Fur
The de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences wants to bring back the woolly mammoth—starting with a very furry mouse.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences has used gene editing to make a "woolly mouse," which it says is a step toward bringing back the woolly mammoth. Story by my colleague @mattreynolds.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/scient...
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NEW: DOGE workers now have access to the NIH department known as the "wallet" of the entire organization. From @mattreynolds.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System
At least three people linked to Elon Musk’s DOGE task force have access to NIH systems that control budgets, procurement, and more, according to records and internal documents viewed by WIRED.
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February 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NEW: DOGE workers now have access to the NIH department known as the "wallet" of the entire organization. From @mattreynolds.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
New: DOGE representatives have access to the National Institute of Health's finance system
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System
At least three people linked to Elon Musk’s DOGE task force have access to NIH systems that control budgets, procurement, and more, according to records and internal documents viewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
New: DOGE representatives have access to the National Institute of Health's finance system
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
Layoffs at the US Dept of Agriculture have thrown projects into chaos, including important IRA-linked work, and many projects designed to benefit farmers
www.wired.com/story/usda-l...
www.wired.com/story/usda-l...
USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers
The blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos.
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February 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Layoffs at the US Dept of Agriculture have thrown projects into chaos, including important IRA-linked work, and many projects designed to benefit farmers
www.wired.com/story/usda-l...
www.wired.com/story/usda-l...
@lindseyburbank.bsky.social Hi Lindsay – I'm a reporter at WIRED magazine. Could you follow back so we can dm?
February 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
@lindseyburbank.bsky.social Hi Lindsay – I'm a reporter at WIRED magazine. Could you follow back so we can dm?
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WARNING: Yesterday, my X account (@JKFruit) was compromised and used to promote an inauthentic WIRED-branded crypto coin. Please disregard any further posts made to that account.
February 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
WARNING: Yesterday, my X account (@JKFruit) was compromised and used to promote an inauthentic WIRED-branded crypto coin. Please disregard any further posts made to that account.
New from me and @emilymullin.bsky.social: NIH funding cut announcement draws on Heritage Foundation report attacking DEI and "the agenda of the political left"
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...
NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’
In its notice outlining the large cut in university funding, the US National Institutes of Health seems to draw on a report from a conservative think tank that denounces the “political left.”
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February 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
New from me and @emilymullin.bsky.social: NIH funding cut announcement draws on Heritage Foundation report attacking DEI and "the agenda of the political left"
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...
www.wired.com/story/nih-in...
@alondra.bsky.social Hi Alondra – I'm a reporter at WIRED magazine. Would love to talk to you about the NIH indirect cost change – can you follow me so we can dm?
February 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
@alondra.bsky.social Hi Alondra – I'm a reporter at WIRED magazine. Would love to talk to you about the NIH indirect cost change – can you follow me so we can dm?
Really enjoyed Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva, which is really fucking weird, but in the best way possible
www.wired.com/story/this-w...
www.wired.com/story/this-w...
This Weird, Fleshy Novel Is Exactly What You Need Right Now
‘Dengue Boy,’ a book about a humanoid mosquito taking his revenge in the dying years of planet Earth, is unsettling and essential.
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February 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Really enjoyed Dengue Boy by Michel Nieva, which is really fucking weird, but in the best way possible
www.wired.com/story/this-w...
www.wired.com/story/this-w...
"Very conservative" legislators are now much more interested in organic farming than before, one lobbyist told me
www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
RFK Jr.’s Organic Crusade Has Sparked a Weird Political Realignment
Eating organic is normally associated with tote-wielding liberals, but RFK Jr. is shifting the politics of food in unusual ways.
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February 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"Very conservative" legislators are now much more interested in organic farming than before, one lobbyist told me
www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...
I've seen lots of photos of houses that survived the LA fires while others burned—but rebuilding should be about making whole communities more defensible against wildfire.
And that means having some tough conversations about where to build, and whether to build at all
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
And that means having some tough conversations about where to build, and whether to build at all
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
Los Angles Needs to Fireproof Communities, Not Just Houses
After the devastation of the Los Angeles fires, officials are ready to rebuild. But defending against future fires requires thinking about more than buildings.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I've seen lots of photos of houses that survived the LA fires while others burned—but rebuilding should be about making whole communities more defensible against wildfire.
And that means having some tough conversations about where to build, and whether to build at all
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
And that means having some tough conversations about where to build, and whether to build at all
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
Interviewed Biden's top climate advisor, Ali Zaidi, about this admin's legacy as it prepares to hand over to Trump
www.wired.com/story/even-t...
www.wired.com/story/even-t...
Even Trump Can’t Stop America’s Green Transition, Says Biden’s Top Climate Adviser
As he prepares to leave the White House, Ali Zaidi is sober about what’s coming—but says too much has already been built and invested for Donald Trump to undo it.
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January 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Interviewed Biden's top climate advisor, Ali Zaidi, about this admin's legacy as it prepares to hand over to Trump
www.wired.com/story/even-t...
www.wired.com/story/even-t...
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This was a fun interview and shoot. Thanks for writing this up, @mattreynolds.bsky.social!
A little profile of @atinygreencell.bsky.social's work creating plants you've never seen or smelled before
(and also trying to democratise science along the way)
www.wired.com/story/meet-t...
(and also trying to democratise science along the way)
www.wired.com/story/meet-t...
Meet the Plant Hacker Creating Flowers Never Seen (or Smelled) Before
Biotechnologist Sebastian Cocioba started hacking plants to put himself through college. Now, from his home lab on Long Island, he wants to bring the tools of genetic engineering to the masses.
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December 9, 2024 at 3:29 PM
This was a fun interview and shoot. Thanks for writing this up, @mattreynolds.bsky.social!