What AI Scientists Can Learn From Nuclear Scientists

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/22/23 at 2:30am

Experts who develop revolutionary advances must also help society address the resulting dangers

How Older People Get Scammed

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/22/23 at 2:30am

And what we can do to prevent it

Germany Is No Longer Exceptional

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/22/23 at 2:00am

The country is joining the European mainstream with its political class struggling to counter rising far-right support and an economy that i...

How Contradictions Power ltemgtBarbieltemgt

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/21/23 at 2:06pm

The film argues for Barbie as not just a product but a protagonist Shirley Li says

When Did the Left Forget How to Boycott

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/21/23 at 11:17am

American consumers have no clue anymore how labor politics work

Photos Remembering Tony Bennett

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/21/23 at 8:10am

A handful of images of some of Bennetts duets and group performances over the years

The Book Behind ltemgtOppenheimerltemgt

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/21/23 at 6:00am

A conversation with Kai Bird a co-writer of the mammoth biography from which the new film is adapted

What ltemgtBarbieltemgt Knows About Real-Life Women

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/21/23 at 4:39am

Deep within the films pink paradise is a nuanced truth about gendered expectations and the relationship between a girls self-image and her d...

The Pitfalls of Genre Fiction

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/21/23 at 4:29am

Crook Manifesto is both powered and limited by its most absorbing characteristic Colson Whiteheads voice

Texass Immigration Policy Is Getting More Aggressive

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/21/23 at 3:40am

Republican states are maneuvering to seize control from President Joe Bidens administration over immigration

The Rise and Fall of Bud Light

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/21/23 at 2:00am

No American beer brand will ever be so dominant again

People Just Want to Lose Weight

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/21/23 at 2:00am

Americans go on yo-yo diets but we also have a yo-yo relationship to dieting

Biden Declares War on the Cult of Efficiency

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/21/23 at 2:00am

New antitrust guidelines revive the old-fashioned idea that American life is about more than just buying lots of cheap stuff

Photos of the Week Water Festival Death Valley Jumping Devil

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/20/23 at 7:30pm

Mountainside art in Switzerland multiple wildfires in Europe and North America a moon-bound rocket launch in India a high-wheel bicycle race...

The Wild-Card Candidates

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/20/23 at 12:57pm

A guide to those contenders holding on to the spotlight despite low odds of winning the race

Vermont Was Supposed to Be a Climate Haven

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/20/23 at 12:09pm

I thought my home was safe from extreme weather Then the rain came

The Man Who Wrote the AI Doomer Bible

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/20/23 at 11:34am

Richard Rhodes wrote a classic book about Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb AI researchers are eager to see themselves in it

Climate Collapse Could Happen Fast

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/20/23 at 8:35am

As temperature and weather records fall Earth may be nearing so-called tipping points

The Gesture That Encapsulates Remote-Work Life

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/20/23 at 8:18am

The Zoom wave is awkward corny and vital

Will Porn Always Be a Mans World

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/20/23 at 5:38am

The Starz comedy Minx and the recent podcast Stiffed illustrate the difficulty of commodifying what women want

The Secret to a Good Conversation

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/20/23 at 5:00am

A new cultural history embraces talk as an open-ended source of temporary delight

Joe Biden Has a Cornel West Problem

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/20/23 at 3:40am

The long-shot Green Party candidate is a persistent object of concern for Democrats

Why Cant We Quit Weddings

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/20/23 at 3:30am

Marriages arent what they used to be So why are weddings ever more wedding-like and deluxe

I Watched Russian Television for Five Days Straight

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/20/23 at 2:10am

My full immersion in Putins propaganda

Being Anxious or Sad Does Not Make You Mentally Ill

The Atlantic [Feed] on 7/20/23 at 2:00am

We easily pathologize bad feelings but theyre a normal even healthy part of human experience

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