The Next Supercontinent Could Be a Terrible Terrible Place

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/25/23 at 10:34am

A new study predicts that Earths future is hot dry and all smushed together

A Little Bit O Magic in Chicago

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/25/23 at 8:47am

Youve heard of Chicago-style pizza and Chicago-style hot dogs but what about Chicago-style magic

Search the Books Database Powering Metas Generative AI

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/25/23 at 8:27am

Type in any authors name to see if their work has been used to train the machines

What I Found in a Database Meta Uses to Train Generative AI

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/25/23 at 8:27am

Nobel-winning authors Dungeons and Dragons Christian literature and erotica all serve as datapoints for the machine

Winners of the 2023 Astronomy Photographer of the Year

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/25/23 at 7:00am

Some of the winners and runners-up from this years astrophotography competition

Trump Suggests That Americas Top General Deserves Execution

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/25/23 at 3:00am

The former president is inciting violence against the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Americas response is distracted and numb

Abraham Lincoln Wasnt Too Good for Politics

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/25/23 at 2:31am

And neither are we

Dear Therapist My Mother Is Leaving Her Home to My Incarcerated Brother

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/25/23 at 2:30am

How do I overcome my bitter feelings about it

The Parents Trying to Pass Down a Language They Hardly Speak

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/25/23 at 2:00am

Losing your familys language can feel like an inevitable side effect of immigrationbut its one I want to prevent

China Is All About Sovereignty So Why Not Ukraines

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/25/23 at 2:00am

Russias war has confronted Xi Jinping with a stark choice between standing for principle or defending his strategic partner in Moscow

The Republican Betrayal of PEPFAR

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/25/23 at 1:00am

How did one of President George W Bushs signature triumphs become a conservative target

Hail CaesarAnd Farewell

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/24/23 at 3:00am

If we recognize the strongmans incendiary showmanship we always have a chance of ridding ourselves of him

South Africas Great White Sharks Were Chased Away Thats Great News

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/24/23 at 3:00am

When the animals suddenly disappeared a few years ago scientists worried that they had died Now we have the truth

A Dark and Paranoid American Fable

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/24/23 at 3:00am

Entertainment musts from Ross Andersen

More Schubert

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/24/23 at 3:00am

A poem for Sunday

Inside the Fight to Save the Federal Government

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/24/23 at 2:30am

Trump and his allies have promised a war on the civil service A coalition of former bureaucrats is gearing up

Putin Signals That Anti-Semitism Is Fair Game

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/24/23 at 2:30am

His recent rhetoric targeting Jews suggests that his grip on power may be loosening

I Was Wrong About the Death of the Book

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/24/23 at 2:00am

And Umberto Eco was right

The New Musk Biography Is a Distraction

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/24/23 at 2:00am

In Walter Isaacsons new biography the focus on psychology diverts us from the questions we should be asking about the worlds richest man

The House Chaos Continues

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/23/23 at 11:18am

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A New Dinosaur Discovery Challenges Everything We Think We Know

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/23/23 at 3:00am

If dinosaurs loved the heat why are their footprints all over Alaska

When Kitchen Appliances Feel Stuck in Time

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/23/23 at 3:00am

A reading list on our relationship with our gadgets

Burning My Mother

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/23/23 at 2:31am

I swept her remains into the grass and still didnt believe she was truly dead

The Glorious Exuberance of ShaCarri Richardsons Hair

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/23/23 at 2:30am

Her many hairstyles are a source of distinctionand a challenge to the criticism other Black women have faced

The Big Threes Inevitable Collision with the UAW

The Atlantic [Feed] on 9/23/23 at 2:30am

Autoworkers want a bigger share Share of what say Ford GM and Chrysler

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