Science
The Atlantic
The Immortal Mel Brooks
The 2,000-year-old man turns 97 this summer. I talked with him about fighting in World War II, his life in comedy, and the secret to happiness.
10+ min |
July - August 2023
The Atlantic
IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY
We need a cultural and philosophical movement to meet the rise of artificial superintelligence.
9 min |
July - August 2023
The Atlantic
The Canadian Way of Death
The nation legalized assisted suicide-and exposed the limits of liberalism
10+ min |
June 2023
The Atlantic
Writing in the Ruins
The German writer Jenny Erpenbeck cuts through dogma, fractures time, and preserves rubble
10+ min |
June 2023
The Atlantic
Surrender to Steely Dan
How the insufferably perfectionist duo captured the hearts of a new generation of listeners
10 min |
June 2023
The Atlantic
Call of the Wild
The enduring appeal of watching human beings attempt to master the Alaskan backcountry
5 min |
June 2023
The Atlantic
Night at the Vatican
After the tourists go home, a museum's collection tells its own story
10+ min |
June 2023
The Atlantic
THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE
The future of the democratic world will be determined by whether the Ukrainian military can break a stalemate with Russia and drive the country backward-sperhaps even out of Crimea for good
10+ min |
June 2023
The Atlantic
American Madness
Thousands of people with severe mental illness have been failed by a dysfunctional system. My friend Michael was one of them. Twenty-five years ago, he killed the person he loved most.
10+ min |
May 2023
The Atlantic
The New Anarchy
America faces a type of extremist violence it does not know how to stop.
10+ min |
April 2023
The Atlantic
The Age in Your Head
I'm 53 years old. I feel 36.
10 min |
April 2023
The Atlantic
How to Look at a Vermeer
The artist left behind few clues about his life or intentions, but the paintings themselves teach the viewer new ways to see.
10+ min |
May 2023
The Atlantic
The Poet Facing Down the End of the World
Jorie Graham has a message for us
8 min |
May 2023
The Atlantic
The Pornography Paradox
Reformers fear that ever more outré sites are warping users' desires. But transgression has always been part of the appeal.
10 min |
May 2023
The Atlantic
How Taylor Swift Infiltrated Dude Rock
On the unlikeliest, most fruitful collaboration in contemporary music
5 min |
May 2023
The Atlantic
The MAGIC KINGDOM of RON DESANTIS
My very British romp through America's weirdest state
10+ min |
May 2023
The Atlantic
IS HOLOCAUST EDUCATION MAKING ANTI-SEMITISM WORSE?
Using dead Jews as symbols isn't helping living ones.
10+ min |
May 2023
The Atlantic
The Ice-Cream Conspiracy
STUDIES SHOW A MYSTERIOUS HEALTH BENEFIT TO ICE CREAM. SCIENTISTS DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
10+ min |
May 2023
The Atlantic
America's Future is at Sea
The nation is ceding the seas to its enemies. It's not too late to avoid catastrophe.
10+ min |
April 2023
The Atlantic
"Two of Every Race"
A family's impossible quest to erase prejudice through transracial adoption
10 min |
April 2023
The Atlantic
"We Belong Here"
In 1991, the family landed at a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia. There, Al-Badry got his first camera, a Pentax K1000.
1 min |
April 2023
The Atlantic
We're Already in the Metaverse
Reality is blurred. Boredom is intolerable. And everything is entertainment.
10+ min |
March 2023
The Atlantic
A New Way to Read Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald never explicitly states Jay Gatsby's race.
9 min |
March 2023
The Atlantic
Second Life
During Donnie's first week in the mixed unit (drugs and crazy), a girl threw a TV set out the window because she thought it was criticizing her. Donnie walked to the window to look. \"Probably was,\" he mumbled.
10+ min |
April 2023
The Atlantic
Love Annihilated
The Irish writer Sebastian Barry's great subject
9 min |
April 2023
The Atlantic
The Scandalous, Clueless, Irresistible Oscars
How the Academy holds on to its prestige despite a history of embarrassment
10 min |
April 2023
The Atlantic
We're All Invited to the Lighthouse
On the Isle of Skye with Virginia Woolf and my mom
10+ min |
April 2023
The Atlantic
In Their Feelings
The indelible, indomitable voices of Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey
5 min |
April 2023
The Atlantic
Judy Blume Goes All the Way
A new generation discovers the poet laureate of puberty.
10+ min |
April 2023
The Atlantic
Arnold's Last Act
What happens when the Terminator turns 75
10+ min |