Science
The Atlantic
Iron Chefs
How automation is transforming the restaurant industry.
8 min |
January/February 2018
The Atlantic
The White House Mythmaker
How Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s heroic vision of American presidents led him, and the country, astray
10+ min |
November 2017
The Atlantic
Why Are We So Angry?
The untold story of how we all got so mad at one another
10+ min |
January/February 2019
The Atlantic
What Really Killed The Dinosaurs?
A Princeton geologist has endured decades of ridicule for arguing that the fifth extinction was caused not by an asteroid but by a series of colossal volcanic eruptions. Her fight with the asteroid camp may be the nastiest feud in all of science— but she’s reopened a debate that had been considered closed.
10+ min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
Thanks For The Memories?
For the past 13 years, I’ve given Facebook my photos, my videos, my likes, and untold hours of my time. Sifting through the detritus was amusing and surprising—and weirdly sad.
7 min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
The Minister Of Self-Defense
John Correia, the most popular gun educator on YouTube, wants you to prepare for the worst day of your life.
9 min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
The Secrets In Your Inbox
Employee emails contain valuable insights into company morale—and might even serve as an early-warning system for uncovering malfeasance. Bosses are taking an interest.
8 min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
The Lie Of Little Women
Subversive secrets lurk in the gap between Louisa May Alcott’s real life and the story she tells.
9 min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
These Are The People In Your Neighborhood
Nextdoor, a hyperlocal social-media platform, highlights petty grievances—and proves that Americans have more in common than they think.
6 min |
July/August 2018
The Atlantic
Sam Shepard Saw It All Coming
The family battles he described foreshadowed our current national crisis.
9 min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
The Stock-Buy Back Swindle
American corporations are spending trillions of dollars to repurchase their own stock. The practice is enriching CEOs—at the expense of everyone else.
7 min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
Why The Police Fail To Catch Serial Rapists?
What new research reveals about sexual predators, and why police fail to catch them.
10+ min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
How Walking Became Pedestrian
Glorified for its creative benefits, the pastime has become yet another goal-driven pursuit.
8 min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
The Original Huckster
P.T. Barnum taught us to love spectacle, fake news, and a good hoax. A century and a half later, the show has escaped the tent.
5 min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
Wait A Minute!
Instantaneous communication can be destructive.We need to tweak our digital platforms to make time for extra eyes, cooler heads, and second thoughts.
6 min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
The Metamorphosis
AI will bring many wonders. It may also destabilize everything from nuclear détente to human friendships. We need to think much harder about how to adapt.
9 min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
Raj Chetty's American Dream
The economist whose work dispelled the myth of social mobility in the U.S. Has a plan to make it a reality.
10+ min |
August 2019
The Atlantic
The Crisis In Democracy
The national constitution center, in Philadelphia, is a monument to the benefits of pessimism. The center, which is situated across an open expanse from Independence Hall, is a superior educational institution, but, understood correctly, it is also a warning about the fragility of the American experiment.
6 min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
The Brutal Truth About Climate Change
William T.Vollmanns latest opus is one of the most honest and fatalisticbooks about global warming yet written.
9 min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
Nietzsche's Guide To Better Living
If philosophy can serve as therapy, its not by offering solace but by jolting the soul.
8 min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
How AI Could Give Rise To Tyranny
Artificial Intelligence could erase many practical advantages of democracy, and erode the ideals of liberty and equality. It will further concentrate power among a small elite if we dont take steps to stop it.
10+ min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
The Personal Cost Of Black Success
Two men chronicle their rise into the meritocratic elite, exposing pernicious myths and brutal realities along the way.
10+ min |
November 2018
The Atlantic
Women Are Angry. Now What?
Rebecca Traister Invokes Fury To Unify Women In A Battle Against Men, But Being Mad Can Prove Divisive, Too.
9 min |
November 2018
The Atlantic
Newt Gingrich Says You're Welcome
He turned politics into a vicious blood sport, broke Congress, and paved the way for Trumps rise. Now hes reveling in his achievements.
10+ min |
November 2018
The Atlantic
Can The Pentagon Weaponize The Brain?
The Pentagons R&D arm, DARPA, gave us drones and the internet. Now the agency has a new mission: to fold computers into the brain and nervous systemor maybe vice versa. Silicon Valley is eating all of this up.
10+ min |
November 2018
The Atlantic
The Next Populist Revolution
Establishment Democrats believe that poor immigrants and their children will be part of an emerging majority. They could be very wrong.
10 min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
How Ice Went Rogue
A long-running inferiority complex, vast statutory power, a chilling new directive from the top—inside America’s unfolding immigration tragedy.
10+ min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
May It Please the Court
In more than a decade as a trial lawyer, I’ve watched in frustration as male attorneys rely on a range of courtroom tactics that are off-limits to women. Judges and juries reward men for being domineering— and expect women to be deferential. This cultural bias runs deep and won’t be easily overcome. I have the trial transcripts to prove it.
10+ min |
September 2018
The Atlantic
Donald Trump Builds His Autocracy!
Will American democracy survive Trump? And will the midterms matter?
10 min |
October 2018
The Atlantic
A Warning From Europe
Polarization. Conspiracy theories. Attacks on the free press. An obsession with loyalty. Recent events in the United States follow a pattern Europeans know all too well.
10+ min |