Technology
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
The Women Who Changed Spycraft
An old-boy operation was transformed during World War II, and at last the unsung upstarts are getting their due.
10 min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Ethiopia's Image-Maker
Aïda Muluneh, whose vibrant photographs explore national identity, wants to upend portrayals of Africa.
8 min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Autocorrect
How advances in real-time fact-checking might improve our politics
10+ min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Eat Food. All The Time. Mostly Junk.
How the “food revolution” turned us into snackers, guaranteeing the demise of healthy home cooking
9 min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Liberalism's Last Stand
As Viktor Orbán systematically removed all impediments to his autocratic regime, one independent institution stood defiant: a university, in the heart of Budapest, founded by George Soros. The school’s survival became a test of liberalism’s ability to beat back its new ideological foe—in Hungary and beyond.
10+ min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
To Save The Church, Dismantle The Priesthood
Catholics must detach themselves from the clerical hierarchy— and take the faith back into their own hands.
10+ min |
June 2019
The Atlantic
Alec Baldwin Gets Under Trump's Skin
Comedy and tragedy in an age of political chaos
10+ min |
May 2017
The Atlantic
Hidden Depths
David Attenborough’s latest documentary gorgeously reveals the world’s oceans—and shows how badly we’re screwing them up.
6 min |
April 2018
The Atlantic
'May be We Have Swung Too Far Toward Being Empathetic'
Seth Meyers on impostor syndrome, Oprah 2020—and whether media elites try too hard to feel the pain of Trump voters
9 min |
June 2018
The Atlantic
A Muslim Among The Settlers
What happens when a Pakistani American writer goes deep into the West Bank?
10+ min |
June 2018
The Atlantic
The audacious plan to save this man's life by transplanting his head
And what would happen if it actually worksLike a little white Lazarus with red eyes, the paralyzed mouse was walking again.
10+ min |
September 2016
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
Don't Worry, It's Just a Phase
Imagine a world without the concept of adolescence.
2 min |
May 2018
The Atlantic
Unicorn Fever
The mythical creature rises in uncertain times.
2 min |
May 2018
The Atlantic
Will Disney Kill Off The Movie Theater?
In its quest to beat Netix, it might have to.
9 min |
May 2018
The Atlantic
What Alexa Taught My Father
Legally blind since age 18, he missed out on the rst digital revolution.
6 min |
May 2018
The Atlantic
Mrs. Maisel's Secret
Amazon’s hit show is a fantasy of a woman living in two contradictory worlds at once.
6 min |
May 2018
The Atlantic
Iron Chefs
How automation is transforming the restaurant industry.
8 min |
January/February 2018
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
Guardian Of The Vote
Barbara Simons, a pioneering computer scientist, believes there is only one safe voting technology: paper.
8 min |
December 2017
The Atlantic
Shark Tank Nation
The Rise Of Capitalist reality TV
6 min |
December 2017
The Atlantic
Why The Saudis Are Going Solar
The fate of one of the biggest fossil-fuel producers of the past 40 years may now depend on its investment in renewable energy.
10+ min |
July - August 2015
The Atlantic
You Buy It, You Break It
How private equity is killing retail
9 min |
July/August 2018
The Atlantic
The Peculiar Blindness Of Experts
Credentialed authorities are comically bad at predicting the future. But reliable forecasting is possible.
9 min |