A Holy Grail of Science Is Getting Closer

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 6:30am

The dream of a virtual cell lives on

Trump Is Poised to Turn the DOJ Into His Personal Law Firm

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/9/25 at 6:00am

The question the Senate confirmation process must address is whether the departments tradition of independence will be supplanted by a new v...

The Payoff of TVs Most Awaited Crossover

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 8:20pm

Abbott Elementary and Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia dont have much common ground Thats why their collaboration felt fresh

My Childhood Home Is on Fire

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 7:47pm

The Palisades Fire is destroying places that Ive loved

Facebook Is Done Pretending

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 6:33pm

The social network has given up on fact-checking Thats a good thing

How Solitude Is Rewiring American Identity

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 4:24pm

A conversation with Derek Thompson on how social isolation is affecting both happiness and civic life

Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Be Elon Musk

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 1:47pm

Meta and its chief executive have capitulated to the right

North Carolina Republicans Try a Judicial Coup

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 10:49am

The Democratic incumbent got more votes Now the Republican challenger is trying to throw out tens of thousands of them

The Particular Horror of the Los Angeles Wildfires

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 9:37am

Southern California is no stranger to fires But the dreadful blazes that began yesterday are potentially transformative

Californias Fire Season Should Have Been Over

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 9:03am

Fire becomes a year-round danger when Southern California is this dry

Inside the Human BrainOr Werner Herzogs At Least

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

The Teutonic overthinkers latest documentary reveals more about his strange mind than the brain writ large

How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 7:30am

He used the constitution to shatter the constitution

The Atlantics February Cover Story Derek Thompson on The Anti-Social Century

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 7:16am

For The Atlantics February cover story staff writer Derek Thompson explores The Anti-Social Century why Americans are spending more time alo...

Photos The Palisades Fire Scorches Parts of Los Angeles

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 7:00am

Images from a destructive wildfire that erupted yesterday driven by extreme winds and dry conditions

Why Poor American Kids Are So Likely to Become Poor Adults

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 6:30am

Most scholarship on the subject focuses on conditions during childhood But government support during adulthood plays the biggest role

Eat Less Beef Eat More Ostrich

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 6:30am

Ostrich is touted as a more sustainable red meat that tastes just like beef

What Demi Moore Reveals About the Hollywood Comeback

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 6:00am

The Substance is one of several recent films skewering the industrys relationship to older female performers

The Anti-Social Century

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/8/25 at 5:00am

Americans are now spending more time alone than ever Its changing our personalities our politics and even our relationship to reality

Mark Zuckerberg Is at War With Himself

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/7/25 at 5:55pm

The man in charge is skeptical of the man in charge

Foreign Leaders Face the Trump Test

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/7/25 at 5:26pm

His approach to global relations is already putting leaders in a difficult position

Judge Cannon Comes to Trumps Aid Again

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/7/25 at 4:04pm

The president-elect would rather Jack Smiths report never sees the light of day Luckily for him he has an ally

Donald Trumps Performative Imperialism

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/7/25 at 2:40pm

Renaming the Gulf of Mexico is a lot simpler than building the wall

Trump Is Facing a Catastrophic Defeat

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/7/25 at 12:04pm

If Ukraine falls it will be hard to spin as anything but a debacle for the United States and for its president

How Do I Overcome My Phone Phobia

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/7/25 at 12:00pm

I fear Im on the road to serious isolation

Political Whiplash in the American Southwest

The Atlantic [Feed] on 1/7/25 at 11:13am

A national monument gets squeezed and stretched and squeezed again

Sidebar for use later.