Horror Runs in the Family

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/8/24 at 5:00am

Ishana Night Shyamalans debut film The Watchers finds a careful balance between the freaky and the mundane

The Straw Wars

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/24 at 5:37pm

The small hollow object has had a complicated life

The Deepfake Crisis That Didnt Happen

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/24 at 2:59pm

Indias election is an eye-opening lesson for the US and other countries

The Long View of the Challenger Disaster

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/24 at 10:40am

Adam Higginbothams new book on the tragedy manages to add depth to a well-known story

Confessions of an Ozempic-Taker

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/24 at 10:33am

A chronicler of addictions struggles to control himself

This Is What It Looks Like When AI Eats the World

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/24 at 10:29am

The web itself is being shoved into a great unknown

Ruth Bader Biden

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/24 at 10:25am

No matter the obstacles that Donald Trump creates for himself Joe Bidens candidacy remains an existentially risky perhaps disastrous proposi...

The Disaster That Shook Americas Secular Faith

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/24 at 9:48am

Millions believed in the space-shuttle program in technological progress in American ingenuity The Challenger disaster proved them wrong

The World Got Lucky With the Previous Flu Pandemic

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/24 at 7:52am

The world has been through multiple flu pandemics That doesnt mean its any more prepared

If Only People Actually Believed These Trump-as-Jesus Memes

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/24 at 7:47am

Those who can see the good in the former president should look harder in everyone else

What Do We Owe the Frozen Embryo

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/24 at 6:00am

Many IVF patients see their embryos as their potential future children How can they throw the extras away

Photos of the Week Baby Jumping Rain Vortex Rickshaw Nap

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/7/24 at 5:00am

Two rocket launches from the southern United States flooding rivers in southwestern Germany commemorations on the 80th anniversary of the D-...

Congestion Pricing Is Unpopular for Good Reason

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/24 at 7:06pm

But New Yorks governor was still wrong to spike the plan at the last second

A Bad Week for Backers of the Big Lie

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/24 at 5:06pm

Two influential purveyors of Donald Trumps web of lies recently faced trouble

Photos Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/24 at 12:42pm

Images of recent events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Allied forces D-Day landings on June 6 1944

Do Students Need Facts or Stories

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/24 at 10:46am

I am not wise enough to say where the young can find what they need Neil Postman wrote in 1989 But he had an idea about where to start

The New Anthropomorphism

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/24 at 7:39am

Some animal-behavior researchers are warming towards a long-held taboo in science

China Is Losing the Chip War

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/24 at 6:51am

Xi Jinping picked a fight over semiconductor technologyone he cant win

The Trump Verdict Turns Into a GOP Pledge

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/24 at 6:22am

Republicans denunciations of a rigged trial have ushered in a dangerous new era of absolute loyalty to the leader

Youre Not Perfect

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/24 at 6:00am

And thats great news

Canadas Extremist Attack on Free Speech

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/24 at 6:00am

A bill making its way through the Canadian Parliament would impose draconian criminal penalties on hate speech and curtail peoples liberty i...

A Supreme Court Ruling on Homelessness Thats Both Crucial and Useless

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/6/24 at 5:00am

City of Grants Pass v Johnson skips over the real issues

The Cars Always Win

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/5/24 at 8:20pm

Congestion pricing is not for everywhere But that made it even more important in New York

The Free-Trial Trap

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/5/24 at 5:26pm

How much of the subscription economy relies on people forgetting to cancel

OpenAIs Dont Be Evil Moment

The Atlantic [Feed] on 6/5/24 at 4:06pm

A new whistleblowing effort suggests that the company has surrendered its ideals to corporate greed

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