A Better Way to Make New Year’s Resolutions
In the quest for personal change, the method matters.
Pack Your Memories Into Your Disaster Bag
Survivors of disasters can benefit from preserving meaningful parts of their life.
A Very, Very Expensive Emoji
How does a court rule on “🌝”?
An Incurable Disease Is Coming for Deer
It rots their brains, weakens their muscles, and can linger in the environment for years.
What a Collapse Could Look Like
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, December 29, 2023.
The Year’s Best Movies, TV Shows, and Books
Spend time with our writers’ picks this weekend.
Suddenly, Trump Is Interested in Democracy
As Maine throws him off the ballot, the president who betrayed democracy is now pleading for its protections.
The Year We Embraced Our Destruction
In 2023, fears about AI run amok commingled with memes about an allegedly deadly lemonade.
Where Will AI Take Us in 2024?
Five key questions that will define the technology’s trajectory from here
Taylor Swift at Harvard
Why the pop superstar’s work is worthy of study
Electric Cars Are Already Upending America
After years of promise, a massive shift is under way.
What Gen Z Is Finding at the Library
Young people really do read print books.
How to Be Happy Growing Older
Your future will probably be better than your past.
The Bizarre Tragedy of Children’s Movies
Films such as The Lion King, Bambi, and Up all have upsetting moments. That doesn’t mean they’re bad for young viewers.
Should You Teach Your Kid to Make a Schedule?
Sharing the first episode of the podcast How to Keep Time
America Should Be More Like Operation Warp Speed
The extraordinary success of the quest for the COVID-19 vaccine holds lessons for the rest of the government.
What Comes Next in Gaza and Israel?
Our writers think through the possible futures that await the region.
Midwinter
A poem for Wednesday
Political Accountability Isn’t Dead Yet
Shame may have left politics in the Trump era, but consequences haven’t.
81 Things That Blew Our Minds in 2023
Where The Atlantic’s Science, Technology, and Health reporters found wonder this year