Ross Andersen
How First Contact With Whale Civilization Could Unfold
If we can learn to speak their language, what should we say?
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M. Scott Brauer / Redux So You Looked Directly Into the Sun
Scientists may have overstated eclipse risk.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Chris Ratcliffe / … The Drama Kings of Tech
Just stop.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters Tech Fanboys Have a New Hero
The head of Nvidia is becoming a legend in real time.
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Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Source: Getty. The Meditation Start-Up That’s Selling Bliss on Demand
Here come the Jhana bros.
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Aude Guerrucci / Reuters / Redux California’s Climate Has Come Unmoored
The weather of catastrophe is here.
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Matteo Giuseppe Pani Air Jordan Is Finally Deflating
The brand’s rise and fall, and rise and fall again
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Courtesy of Ross … My Father, the Giant
His life’s work was caring for the people he loved.
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Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: … The Big Questions About AI in 2024
Is the technology set to take another leap forward? Will it swing the election?
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Andrew McConnell / Panos Pictures / Redux The Grim Ironies of Climate Change
War and deforestation have a complicated relationship.
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Jim Wilson / The New York Times / … OpenAI’s Chief Scientist Made a Tragic Miscalculation
What was Ilya Sutskever thinking when he tried to overthrow Sam Altman?
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Mark Sommerfeld / The New York Times / … Christopher Nolan on the Promise and Peril of Technology
A conversation with the director
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Haiyun Jiang / The New York Times / … The Sudden Fall of Sam Altman
What it means that the world’s most powerful AI executive is out of a job
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty; Teresa Fernández-Crespo … Did Humans Ever Live in Peace?
War may be ancient, but it doesn’t have to go on forever.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Andrew D. Bernstein … The Science Behind Basketball’s Biggest Debate
Playing in the NBA really is harder now.
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Arterra / Universal Images / Getty Animals Are Avoiding Us
Humans have an image problem. But we might be able to use it for good.
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Vladimir Zapletin / Getty How We Find Our Place in the Universe
A collaboration that includes the United States, China, and Russia points us toward a better future.
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Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic A Scientific Feud Breaks Out Into the Open
I’m a pseudoscience? No, you’re a pseudoscience!
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Patrick Zachmann / Magnum What Comes After the British Museum?
We need a new way to tell the story of humanity.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. America Just Hit the Lithium Jackpot
The world’s largest known deposit was just discovered in Nevada. What does that mean?
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Right to Not Have Your Mind Read
Can “neurorights” protect us from the future?
