Let’s do this. | Continue reading
If Democrats fail to pass a climate policy, they will all but guarantee that the world will warm a dangerous degree and that the U.S. will surrender its technological advantage to China. | Continue reading
As we peer around the corner of the pandemic, let’s talk about what we want to do—and not do—with the rest of our lives. | Continue reading
The new variant seems to be our quickest one yet. That makes it harder to catch with the tests we have. | Continue reading
Worth at least a quarter billion dollars, the steel bollards are a relic of the Trump era. | Continue reading
Adam Tooze's study of the two world wars traces a new history of the 20th century. | Continue reading
The agency’s director has said, repeatedly, that schools without mask mandates have triple the risk of COVID outbreaks. That claim is based on very shaky science. | Continue reading
The U.S. government’s attempt to keep China from stealing technology has degenerated into a squeeze on its own scientists. | Continue reading
Here’s how I thought through the decision. | Continue reading
No known creature actually had 1,000 legs—until now. | Continue reading
Though the specter of a new variant hangs over the holidays, young people have no plans to lock themselves down again. | Continue reading
The new variant poses a far graver threat at the collective level than the individual one—the kind of test that the U.S. has repeatedly failed. | Continue reading
Humans may soon live to be 100, which likely means more years on the job. That could be a good thing, if we take the opportunity to redesign work. | Continue reading
On July 16, 1945, the United States Army detonated the world’s first nuclear weapon in New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert. | Continue reading
Outside the world inhabited by the professional classes in a handful of major metropolitan areas, many Americans are leading their lives as if COVID is over. | Continue reading
In San Francisco and elsewhere in California, the red tape that prevented dining alfresco before the pandemic is starting to grow back. | Continue reading
Three technological eras began in 1953: thermonuclear weapons, stored-program computers, and modern genetics. | Continue reading
Henry David Thoreau extols the virtues of immersing oneself in nature and laments the inevitable encroachment of private ownership upon the wilderness. | Continue reading
The solstice isn't for more than a week, but the earliest sunset of the year is already upon us. How's that possible? | Continue reading
The rich philosophical tradition I fell in love with has been reduced to Fox News and voter suppression. | Continue reading
To head off the next insurrection, we’ll need to practice envisioning the worst. | Continue reading
High inflation rates may well last for years, not months. | Continue reading
A coming winter surge and the spread of Omicron have made it clear that COVID is everyone’s problem. | Continue reading
Each one reminds us what a peaceful—and gracious—transfer of power looks like. | Continue reading
The variant will change the risk landscape for the vaccinated. The question is, how much? | Continue reading
Countries with low vaccination rates are suffering from more than just inequity. | Continue reading
January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election. | Continue reading
Jack Dorsey’s decision to leave Twitter, like Mark Zuckerberg’s pivot to the metaverse, shows us where the internet is heading. | Continue reading
The rise of the attention economy has accelerated our habit of engaging with our hobbies in a data-driven way. | Continue reading
But an ancient globe does. | Continue reading
Everything has to go right for the James Webb Space Telescope. | Continue reading
The degree to which the world depends on oil and gas is not well understood. | Continue reading
In film, science, and the economy, the U.S. has fallen out of love with the hard work of invention. | Continue reading
The Marine Corps spent $2 million testing an idea cooked up by a Pennsylvania dentist: tiny bats to scatter bombs across Japan | Continue reading
Social capital is becoming economic capital. | Continue reading
By failing to offer realistic alternatives, the U.S. and Europe have left another region to the tender mercies of a predatory power. | Continue reading
An epidemiologist joins five Atlantic parents to discuss just how long their pandemic trade-offs can hold. | Continue reading
These statements relieve the speaker and the audience of the responsibility to think about Indigenous peoples, at least until the next public event. | Continue reading
Becoming attuned to your more obscure emotions is good for you. So get over your stenahoria and embrace your amae. | Continue reading
Instead of using his acquittal to promote vigorous discussion, many administrators sent out statements decrying the verdict. | Continue reading
When life feels this precarious, it’s only natural to roll the dice on just about everything. | Continue reading
Every year thousands of Americans die on the roads. Individuals take the blame for systemic problems. | Continue reading
The solar system is full of brines, and they're crucial to the search for extraterrestrial life. | Continue reading
The president used Thanksgiving and Christmas to reunite a divided country. | Continue reading
Suspicion is undermining the American economy. | Continue reading
How the country’s history and geography created the perfect setting for magical creatures, whose perceived existence sparks environmental protests to this day. | Continue reading
American consumers can’t resist the lure of a well-designed container. | Continue reading
Medical professionals are used to being believed, but as patients, they found that their expertise didn’t matter. | Continue reading