American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
The End of Chicken-Breast Dominance
The price of boneless chicken thighs is finally catching up with the price of white meat.
Signalgate, Trump, and The Atlantic
Denial and attack have worked exceedingly well for the president. But there are limits.
Musk’s High-Tech Polygamy Is a Dead End
The billionaire’s vision of family is bad for women and children.
I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color
The ecstasy of “olo”
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
You’ve Probably Already Met Your Next Best Friend
The loneliness industry is trying to solve the wrong problem.
How to Age Up Together
We’re living in the most age-diverse time in human history. So why are we so age segregated?
The Coming Economic Nightmare
Trump’s tariffs could cause stagflation for the first time in decades. It may go on for a long, long time.
A Hollywood Anachronism That Still Holds Up
The Legend of Ochi conjures the kinds of effects the film industry rarely uses anymore.
Something’s Fishy About the ‘Migrant Crisis’
The federal government’s dysfunction leaves immigrant-friendly cities feeling overwhelmed.
Confessions of a Republican Exile
A longtime conservative, alienated by Trumpism, tries to come to terms with life on the moderate edge of the Democratic Party.
The One Thing That Drives Trump
Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer discuss the challenges of reporting on the president.
What Porn Taught a Generation of Women
It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.
Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.
Elon Musk’s Luck Runs Out
Why he didn’t see this coming
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
Winners of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022
Winning images from the annual photo competition produced by the Natural History Museum, London
Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem
The case for teaching coders to speak French
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