What Elite Tech Students Are Learning from Poetry

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/15/25 at 8:00am

An MIT literature professor discovered that his students were quietly meeting outside class to write verse What might it mean for the future...

Goodbye to All That

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/15/25 at 7:17am

In the end And Just Like That couldnt hide its shame that its characters were aging

Photos of the Week River Canyon Mountain Brook Cliff Bookstore

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/15/25 at 7:00am

The World Robot Conference in Beijing heavy rainfall in Hong Kong a full moonrise in Spain an orphaned jaguarundi in Panama a wildfire in Br...

Photos of the Week River Canyon Mountain Brook Cliff Bookstore

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/15/25 at 7:00am

The World Robot Conference in Beijing heavy rainfall in Hong Kong a full moonrise in Spain an orphaned jaguarundi in Panama a wildfire in Br...

Europe the Sleeping Beauty

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/15/25 at 5:00am

Bolstering democracies will take global cooperation

Turns Out Meat Is Still the Ultimate Luxury

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/14/25 at 6:49pm

After four years of vegan cuisine the fine-dining stalwart Eleven Madison Park is cooking animals again

The End of Ford as We Know It

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/14/25 at 5:26pm

The auto giant is taking drastic steps to compete with Chinas cheap electric cars Even that might not be enough

How to Make Life Feel a Little Nicer

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/14/25 at 3:54pm

Readers give their tips for seeking out small moments of joy

The Centuries-Old Quest for Genius

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/14/25 at 12:25pm

Humans have long tried to understand a quicksilver quality that defies explanation

Photos Wildfires Rage Across Southern Europe

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/14/25 at 12:02pm

A searing heat wave and strong winds have spawned destructive wildfires from Portugal to Turkey over the past two weeks Thousands of firefig...

The Damage to Economic Data May Already Be Done

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/14/25 at 10:58am

Donald Trumps choice to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesnt have to manipulate any numbers to undermine the reliability of the governm...

Trump Trades National Security for a Deal With China

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/14/25 at 9:48am

After giving ground on AI chips which other concessions will the president make

The Limits of Recognition

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/14/25 at 9:10am

The move by several states to recognize Palestine will not end conflict in the Middle Eastor at home

How Leisure Gets Haunted by Work

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/14/25 at 7:00am

On social media 5 to 9 videos offer a glimpse into how free time becomes its own sort of job

How States Could Save University Science

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/14/25 at 6:30am

Theres a way to respond to Trumps brutal and reckless funding cutbacksand it doesnt need Washingtons permission

Trump Is Having Trouble Prosecuting His Enemies

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/14/25 at 6:00am

American criminal law appears to be a less flexible tool than hed hopedat least for now

A Radical Answer to the Fentanyl Crisis

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/14/25 at 5:00am

The conclusion of our three-part series No Easy Fix

What Happened When Canada Gave Citizens the Right to Die

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/13/25 at 5:45pm

A conversation with Elaina Plott Calabro about the legalization of assisted death

The Awkward Adolescence of a Media Revolution

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/13/25 at 5:41pm

Truth is still alive on social mediabut its not yet easy enough to find

Weve Located the Criminals in DC

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/13/25 at 3:00pm

Thank goodness the National Guard is being called in Lawlessness in DC is rampant and weve found criminals congregated in one place

Will Trump Get His Potemkin Statistics

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/13/25 at 1:37pm

In authoritarian regimes good numbers are always right

COVID Revenge Is Supercharging the Anti-Vaccine Agenda

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/13/25 at 1:22pm

Trump officials are capitalizing on lingering COVID resentment to undermine American vaccine policy

Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/13/25 at 11:06am

State Department reports portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador

Is This the Hardest Physical Contest in the World

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/13/25 at 9:33am

The Best Ranger Competition belies the idea that the Army is weak or woke

Why Housing Feels Hopeless

The Atlantic [Feed] on 8/13/25 at 9:00am

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on zoning generational inequality and how to fix the US housing market Plus What Trump gets dangerously wrong about ...

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