Matt Soniak

I’m the resident weird question answerer at mentalfloss.com, where I cover science, history, etymology and Bruce Springsteen. I’ve also written about pig fat, poisonous newts, animal cognition, birth control and how to dissolve a Nobel Prize for Mental Floss, Men’s Health, Scientific American, Philadelphia Weekly, Philly.com, The Week, The Atlantic, ScienceNow, Chemical Heritage and others.

I also write a blog about the science of animals eating other animals, and those animals trying not to get eaten.

I tweet as @mattsoniak and live in Philadelphia with my girlfriend and two cats.