The Intellectual Rationalization for Annexing Greenland

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 1:15pm

Donald Trumps defenders have little choice but to cast his trolling as a clever geopolitical stratagem

Why We Celebrate When Copyright Expires

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 12:15pm

Every January 1 in the Books department we like to make an extra toast for a concurrent holiday Public Domain Day

Can Generative AI Uncover the Language of Biology

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 12:00pm

Scientists have collected troves of DNA and microscopic imaging data from human cellsand now they have a tool that might make sense of all t...

WatchAnd RewatchThis 215-Minute Film

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 11:47am

The Brutalists ambitious gamble with the audience mostly pays off

Trumps Sentencing Made No One Happy

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 10:42am

But it still mattered for the rule of law

The Unfightable Fire

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 9:53am

The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting

The Unfightable Fire

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 9:53am

The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting

Photos of the Week Siberian Tiger Frosty Foliage Snowball Fight

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 9:00am

A snow-and-ice festival in northern China destructive wildfires in Los Angeles Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas celebrations in Addis Ababa an o...

The Wild Charity of Saint Francis

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 9:00am

The guide we need now that kindness is countercultural

How to Respond to Trumps Foreign-Policy Bluster

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 8:53am

The way to deal with the bombast is by turning it against a leader who leads a movement that is actually deeply divided

What to Read When You Feel Counted Out

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 8:30am

Literature is full of reminders that long odds can sometimes be surmounted

Bird Flu Could Have Been Contained

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 8:28am

America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago

Trump Is Right That Pax Americana Is Over

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/10/25 at 6:30am

But will he bother to build something new

Bidens Tarnished Legacy

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 5:25pm

He failed to grasp both the political moment and the essential mission of his presidency

Trumps Secret Weapon

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 4:30pm

He doesnt believe anything Thats why he wins

When Crisis Coverage Became Irresistible

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 11:30am

September 5 captures how a harrowing moment transformed into must-see TV

What Tolstoy Knew About a Good Death

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 11:00am

If you can accept your mortality you will feel more alive

When Poets Face Death

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 10:59am

Their later works have a peculiar power

When the Flames Come for You

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 10:10am

Our familys flight from the LA fires brought the difference between vague preparedness and real emergency into shockingly sharp focus

Trumps Anti-Immigrant Coalition Starts to Fracture

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 10:00am

The nativist right and Silicon Valley are already at war

Its Maddeningly Hard to Get Americans to Eat Better

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 10:00am

The government is changing what foods can be branded as healthy It expects basically no one to listen

The Solzhenitsyn Test

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 8:33am

Lying is a prerequisite for securing a Trump appointment

Parents Are Buying Their Kids Better Credit Scores

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 8:30am

Because of course they are

The Coalition Collapse That Doomed Bidens Presidency

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 8:00am

His failure follows a grim precedent set by another Democratic leader Jimmy Carter

The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 6:45am

Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation which seeks to destroy t...

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