Seven Earth-Sized Planets Have Been Spotted Around a Nearby Star
And all of them are in the temperate zone.
And all of them are in the temperate zone.
When one cause distracts from another
Here’s one way to confuse it.
Last week, the president resolved a decade-long legal battle—and added another entry to the long list of his conflicts of interest.
A new approach to treating eczema harnesses the defensive bacteria that already live on us.
The industry refuses to acknowledge its success is predicated on inequality.
Philip Carlson was the agent who signed Philip Seymour Hoffman and Claire Danes. In a short film, he describes his love for the industry.
Rod Dreher makes a powerful argument for communal religious life in his book, The Benedict Option. But he has not wrestled with how to live side by side with people unlike him.
How a low dose of electrical current is helping some patients overcome tiredness and cognition problems
Even when a relatively small number of people participate
Consolidated corporate power is keeping many products’ prices high and quality low. Why aren’t more politicians opposing it?
She can’t seem to get her music or politics evaluated without a mention of her supposed rival Taylor Swift.
How differences fundamentally shape even our smallest rituals
A conversation with Jeffrey D. Sachs, the renowned professor and author, about the future of prosperity and the end of us-versus-them politics
The Oscar-nominated Manchester by the Sea director has a long history of portraying the lives of doormen, janitors, and waiters. But he seems uninterested in social change on their behalf.
Since 1857, The Atlantic has been challenging established answers with tough questions. Here, Michael K. Williams wrestles with one of his own: Is he being typecast?
Long after research contradicts common medical practices, patients continue to demand them and physicians continue to deliver.
Joe Moran’s book Shrinking Violets is a sweeping history that doubles as a (quiet) defense of timidity.
A colorful short film follows a troupe of young people from London as they get ready for the festival.
In an animated interview, the author explains the problem with stereotypes.
Some people are taking steps now to prepare for a life without death.
A short film tells the story of an offensive lineman who’s looking for his next team.
In a short film, a young woman wonders if she'll be able to go to college.
In a short documentary, a former KKK leader reconnects with the African American woman who helped raise him.
The provocateur at the center of the controversy that engulfed the right this weekend offers a qualified mea culpa.
The Supreme Court considers a case involving a youth on the Mexican side of the border killed by an American border patrol agent on the U.S. side.
By excusing Donald Trump’s behavior, some evangelical leaders enabled the internet provocateur’s ascent.
Jewish Community Centers around the country have been bombarded by menacing phone calls. For the most part, people are sad, not scared.
The Border Adjustment Tax, a proposal favored by House Speaker Paul Ryan, has aroused serious opposition from Republican senators.
Trump’s attacks on the free press don’t just threaten the media—they undermine the public’s capacity to think, act, and defend democracy.
By replacing Mike Flynn with H.R. McMaster, President Donald Trump added one of the most talented officers the U.S. Army has ever produced to his team.
Around 100 workers were reportedly fired for participating in last week’s strike. Whether that’s legal remains to be seen.
Plagues, revolutions, massive wars, collapsed states—these are what reliably reduce economic disparities.
A conversation about the end of work, individualism, and the human species with the historian Yuval Harari
During the late 19th century, blacks and whites in the South lived closer together than they do today.
He spoke at a Boeing factory that had just rejected unionization—but didn’t bring it up. He never does.
In a new book, a journalist reflects on working as a salesperson in small-town Virginia when he first arrived in America.
When legislators don't consider preexisting disparities, there's a risk of exacerbating them.
Hair removal, at its core, is a form of gendered social control.
A senator has joined human-rights groups in opposing warrantless scans of travelers' digital devices.
Lip service to the crucial function of the Fourth Estate is not enough to sustain it.
Designers use “benevolent deception” to trick users into trusting the system.
Stains, smells, secrets, thieves, dead bodies, and even plutonium have all found their way down one. An Object Lesson.
Cheap or expensive, mechanical timepieces remind human wearers of their own humility.
“I’ve never seen anything quite like” Trump’s approach to national security, says a former counterterrorism adviser to three presidents.
The International Organization for Migration said 110 people were onboard the dinghy when it departed Saturday from Sabratha, in western Libya.
Who is its reported author, Andrii Artemenko, and what does he want?
“Here all kinds of Arabs can interact more openly.”
Moscow grapples with a strange week in Washington.
The American president stirs up the Venezuelan opposition.
Cheap, easy-made prosthetics could address a major need in developing nations.
Yet another failed drug trial has prompted soul-searching about the “amyloid hypothesis.”
The journalist’s comments suggest gay men enjoy sex with children—an idea that has been widely debunked.
Neither truck drivers nor bankers would put up with a system like the one that influences medical residents’ schedules.
How I became convinced my hair wasn’t curly, it was defective
Why it may never be possible to recommend that everyone take a supplement—as much as people want to believe
Listening to stories of grisly murders allows some people to exorcise their fears, and the community built around the show encourages listeners to take care of themselves.
In a supposedly safe national park, poachers have slaughtered 80 percent of these elusive animals in just ten years.
The company has launched a Falcon 9 rocket from a historic launchpad at Cape Canaveral and landed its first stage upright on solid ground.
He’s one of 60,000 attendees at the world’s largest gem and mineral show.
The space agency is in limbo as it waits for direction from Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress.
In recent weeks, “Energy Kids” has reworked and cut information about fossil fuels’ environmental impacts.
For months, protesters have camped in the frigid North Dakota winter, opposing the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Recently, state officials ordered them to evacuate the campground, located on federal land, due to spring flooding.
A $100 million gangster epic starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci has become too risky a proposition for major studios.
The new documentary returns to a safe haven for LGBTQ youths of color first examined in the landmark film Paris Is Burning.
Ponte City, Africa’s tallest apartment block, is a mainstay of movies about the end of the world—but it was once an apartheid-era architectural triumph.
Caryl Churchill’s newest work explores the solace of community amid an apocalypse.
A roundup of all our best stories to get up to speed with the 89th Academy Awards
The 12 Years a Slave director’s video installation Ashes highlights that death is narrative but existence is not.
The Tonight Show host, long derided for his lack of hard-hitting political material, is struggling to stay relevant in 2017.
According to a new study, Latino kindergarteners are about three months behind their white peers in math.
The novels offer more than a good story—they can also be integral to critical-thinking skills, especially during periods of political turmoil.
An immigration-law expert chimes in on how the recent detention of Daniel Ramirez Medina could affect students around the country who still benefit from the Obama-era policy
According to some observers, the university announced it would update the name of Calhoun College to appease its liberal community members and distance itself from the president.
A veteran educator reflects on the personalized-learning trend that’s left him wondering if a computer is more capable of doing his job than he is.
Parishes staved off closures by participating in a school-choice program, but that also resulted in fewer donations to the church.
“The policies that continue to segregate Charlotte and other Southern cities have their roots in the nasty racial battles of the late 19th century.”
This week, our “Americans at Work” photo essay features photographs of millennial freelancers living in Los Angeles made by photographer Jessica Chou.
The president railed against intelligence leaks and lambasted the media.
The six-year-old became one of the country’s most infamous missing children after he disappeared from Manhattan’s SoHo district nearly four decades ago.
Drought, climate change, and aging infrastructure combined to create a looming catastrophe that forced 188,000 Californians to evacuate.
The administration's new policies expand who is eligible for deportation, and an Arizona mother who has lived in the country for 21 years may be its first example.
People working in ministry, music, and nonprofit advocacy are facing pressure for their political beliefs.
In a short film, people explain why they choose particular messages to display.
In a short animation, the writer describes the lifelong curiosity that led him into journalism.
The Italian philosopher Julius Evola is an unlikely hero for defenders of the “Judeo-Christian West.”
In a series of conversations, The Atlantic will explore civitas, the contract binding all citizens together.
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