Why Do Animals Play

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/11/24 at 6:00am

Scientists want an evolutionary explanation But maybe the answer is simply Its fun

IVFs Opponents Think This Is Their Moment

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/11/24 at 6:00am

An Alabama court ruling that recognized an embryo as a child has thrust the popular fertility treatment into a national ethics spotlight

A Mystery Novel Needs a Detective

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/11/24 at 6:00am

In her latest book the crime novelist Tana French dispenses almost entirely with the elements of her genre

The Oscars Got What It Wanted

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/10/24 at 11:43pm

Most of the expected favorites won and nothing went tremendously wrong

Our Film Shows Where Dehumanization Leads

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/10/24 at 11:16pm

The director of The Zone of Interest accepted his Oscar with a startlingly pointed anti-war speech

DaVine Joy Randolphs Knockout Oscars Speech

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/10/24 at 8:52pm

The Holdovers star was grateful to win an Academy Awardand hopeful that it wont be her last opportunity

Scarlett Johanssons Pitch-Perfect Impersonation

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/10/24 at 11:17am

The actor surprised and delighted on last nights SNL with her impression of Senator Katie Britt

Trump Finds Another Line to Cross

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/10/24 at 10:54am

The former president used to exercise a modicum of restraint around Joe Bidens stutter No longer

The Polarizing Movie That Paved the Way for Barbie-mania

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/10/24 at 8:00am

Decades ago the two fashion outlaws of Bonnie and Clyde stole the spotlightand changed the rules of Hollywood marketing

The Key to a Great Oscars Host

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/10/24 at 7:00am

An emcee needs to love movies as much as they love making fun of them Billy Crystal showed how

When Local Government Bullies the Press

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/10/24 at 6:00am

At a time of financial weakness and flagging public support the news media have become vulnerable to abuse

Ben Affleck Is More Than a Dunkin Donuts Meme

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/10/24 at 6:00am

Culture and entertainment musts from Gilad Edelman

How YIMBYs Hit a Bipartisan Sweet Spot

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/10/24 at 5:00am

Checking Zillow is not an ideological activity

Drinking Coffee in a Church

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/10/24 at 5:00am

A poem for Sunday

The End of Political Centrism

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/9/24 at 3:33pm

The State of the Union was the kickoff of a general election campaign and it was a clear contrast from Republicans on everything from aborti...

Why Audiences Love to Laugh at Historys Monsters

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/9/24 at 8:00am

In the Oscar-nominated El Conde the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is a vampireand part of a long tradition of villain comedy

The Mysteries Around Us

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/9/24 at 7:00am

A collection of Atlantic weekend reads on the enigmas in our midst

Why the National Guard Wont Make the Subways Safer

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/9/24 at 6:30am

Former police commissioner William Bratton calls the New York governors recent reforms the equivalent of putting a Band-Aid on a hemorrhage

Saint Dismas

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/9/24 at 6:00am

A short story

Conscious AI Is the Second-Scariest Kind

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/9/24 at 6:00am

A cutting-edge theory of mind suggests a new type of doomsday scenario

Katie Britts Strange Speech

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/8/24 at 7:45pm

Before last night the Alabama senator had distinguished herself with a reputation for being well normal

Biden Is Serious About His Candy-Bar Crusade

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/8/24 at 5:09pm

Shrinkflation has become a convenient target for the president

Are Social-Media Companies Ready for Another January 6

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/8/24 at 1:18pm

I asked 13 of them about their plans for violence around the election Heres what they had to say

Joe Bidens Happy Place

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/8/24 at 12:56pm

Hes always been master of the connect

Everything Can Be Meat

The Atlantic [Feed] on 3/8/24 at 11:29am

The most promising future of lab-grown meat may not look like meat at all

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