Scientific American
The Age of Impersonation
Digital forensics pioneer Hany Farid explains why \"artificial intelligence\" is a misnomer—and what it will take to rebuild trust in the deepfake era
9 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Sailing the Sun
By designing vertical panels that move in a gale, two Swedish inventors are unlocking a solar future for the windswept north
9 min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
The Unfinished Revolution
The November issue examined the founding of the United States and brought the nation's history to bear on its present—and its future.
5 min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
Why Do Democrats Hate Winning?
Ken Martin has one of those resting dread faces, as if he's bracing for someone to dump a bucket of rocks on his head.
10+ min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
How Toni Morrison Saw History
In her novels, she located the missing story of Black America.
10+ min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
The Madness of Lord Tennyson
The Victorian poet was startlingly modern.
5 min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
THE PLOT AGAINST THE HUMANITIES
What is the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation doing to higher education?
10+ min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
The Novel as Extended Op-Ed
If anyone could write good fiction about immigration, it would probably be Lionel Shriver. Instead, her latest book goes off the rails.
10 min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
ROD DREHER'S DEMONS
HE DERIDES THE ENLIGHTENMENT, SECULARISM, AND THE MODERN WORLD. CONSERVATIVES-INCLUDING THE VICE PRESIDENT-ARE JOINING HIM ON A MARCH BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES.
10+ min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
Every Nation for Itself
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century's international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
10+ min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
Never Say No
Does Pam Bondi have any red lines?
10+ min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Earthquake Life
Yellowstone quakes spark bursts of microbial growth underground
2 min |
March 2026
Mother Jones
THE DOCTOR IS OUT THERE
RFK Jr. wants to end the FDA's “war” on alternative treatments like stem cell therapy. What could go wrong?
4 min |
March/April 2026
Mother Jones
LAST RIGHTS
The Reverend Jeff Hood on the moral injury of ministering to death row inmates
3 min |
March/April 2026
Mother Jones
HOUSE ARREST
HIDING OUT WITH AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY IN ICE-OCCUPIED MEMPHIS
10+ min |
March/April 2026
Mother Jones
SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF PROGRESS
Solarpunk imagines what happens when our climate changes—and we pivot.
7 min |
March/April 2026
Mother Jones
ADVENTURISM
The MAGA critique of globalism never meant the end of war.
4 min |
March/April 2026
Mother Jones
"WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE MEN?"
HOW EXTREMISTS RECONQUERED IDAHO—AND HOW SOME LOCALS ARE FIGHTING BACK
10+ min |
March/April 2026
Mother Jones
WE'RE SUING RFK JR.
The Epstein files are not the only documents the government is hiding.
3 min |
March/April 2026
Scientific American
Depolarization Depot
Tweaks to social media feeds reduced polarizing effects
2 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Fire Starters
Ancient humans were making fire 350,000 years earlier than thought
3 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Cosmic Chain
Hundreds of galaxies form one of the largest spinning structures ever spotted
2 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
The Universe's Weirdest Optical Illusions
Sometimes the farther away an object is, the bigger it seems to be
4 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Socially Awkward Math
A mathematician's random walk theorem explains the stark mathematical difference between drunk people and drunk birds
5 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Regrowth Record
Axolotls can completely regenerate a key immune organ
2 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Language Gaps
Scientists show how the brain slices speech up into recognizable words
2 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
When Care Becomes Code
AI is spreading through American medicine. When the system is wrong, the burden often lands on those who never asked for a copilot in the first place
10+ min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Everything You Wanted to Know about Polyamory (but Were Afraid to Ask
The practice is not a faddish excuse to sleep around, research shows. And it has deep roots in American culture
10+ min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Navigating Our Social Worlds
The same brain areas that help us map physical space help us chart social connections
5 min |
March 2026
Scientific American
Relativity Revealed
Physicists have observed a bizarre prediction of special relativity for the first time
8 min |