scientific research

May 19, 2025

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Technology

Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab

Ross Andersen

May 6, 2025

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Technology

AI Executives Promise Cancer Cures. Here’s the Reality

Matteo Wong

April 25, 2025

Health

The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet

Katherine J. Wu

March 27, 2025

An illustration of glass vials tipping over onto one another, like dominoes.

Health

An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps

Shayla Love

March 23, 2025

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Science

The Golden Age of Antarctic Science May Be Ending

Ross Andersen

February 28, 2025

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COVID-19: Five Years Later

COVID Broke the Rules of Virus Evolution

Sarah Zhang

February 24, 2025

An animation showing the covid-19 virus evolving and moving in all four directions

Politics

What Trump’s Finger-Pointing Reveals

Peter Wehner

February 3, 2025

Donald Trump points at a press conference, adjacent to a photo of the Potomac River swarmed by emergency assistance

Health

A Less Brutal Alternative to IVF

Kristen V. Brown

January 27, 2025

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Health

Aspiring Parents Have a New DNA Test to Obsess Over

Kristen V. Brown

January 15, 2025

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Atlantic Intelligence

Can Generative AI Uncover the ‘Language of Biology’?

Matteo Wong

January 10, 2025

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Technology

A Virtual Cell Is a ‘Holy Grail’ of Science. It’s Getting Closer.

Matteo Wong

January 9, 2025

Being Human

Doctors Thought They Knew What a Genetic Disease Is. They Were Wrong.

Jason Liebowitz

January 2, 2025

A video showing cells and genetic materials.

Ideas

The Most Important Breakthroughs of 2024

Derek Thompson

December 29, 2024

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Science

The Clue That Tracked a Butterfly Across the Atlantic Ocean

Saugat Bolakhe

December 7, 2024

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Science

Elon Musk Gets His Mini-Me at NASA

Ross Andersen

December 5, 2024

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Science

When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk

Ross Andersen

December 2, 2024

a photo of the Vera Rubin Observatory with a colorful sky

Being Human

The Cancer Gene More Men Should Test For

Kristen V. Brown

November 20, 2024

The Atlantic Daily

Seven Stories About Promising Medical Discoveries

Stephanie Bai

November 10, 2024

Science

MAGA Goes to Mars

Marina Koren

November 5, 2024

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Health

A ‘Crazy’ Idea for Treating Autoimmune Diseases Might Actually Work

Sarah Zhang

November 4, 2024

CAR-T cells on a blue background and a black-and-white photo of a man's face with characteristic lupus rash

Health

Tripping on Nothing

Shayla Love

October 20, 2024

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Health

The ‘Peak Obesity’ Illusion

Daniel Engber

October 18, 2024

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Technology

AI’s Penicillin and X-Ray Moment

Matteo Wong

October 8, 2024

Health

They Were Made Without Eggs or Sperm. Are They Human?

Kristen V. Brown

October 8, 2024

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Science

A Simple Lab Ingredient Derailed Science Experiments

Sarah Zhang

September 25, 2024

Health

The Cost of Avoiding Microplastics

Zoë Schlanger

September 19, 2024

A tiny plastic man stands with his three tiny plastic children

Science

The Scariest Spacewalk in 50 Years

Marina Koren

September 10, 2024

An astronaut floating in space, facing away from the viewer, with a long tether trailing out of the frame like a lasso

Science

Elon Musk to the Rescue

Marina Koren

August 25, 2024

Elon Musk's head is framed in a bright quadrilateral figure cut into a dark background.

Science

Saturn’s Ocean Moon Was Hiding in Plain Sight

Shannon Hall

August 17, 2024

A photograph of Saturn's moon, Mimas, above Saturn's ring

Science

NASA Should Ditch the Spin

Marina Koren

July 24, 2024

NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams walk out of a NASA building in their blue Boeing spacesuits

Science

The Search for Alien Life Starts on Earth

Marina Koren

July 17, 2024

An ice shelf gleams bright white in the sunshine on the Weddell Sea, off the coast of Antarctica

Health

The Science of Pet Ownership Needs a Reality Check

Michael Schulson

June 29, 2024

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Science

One Satellite Crash Could Upend Modern Life

Marina Koren

June 14, 2024

A satellite breaking apart in orbit around Earth, cast in black and white on the right and color on the left

Science

NASA Finally Has an Alternative to SpaceX

Marina Koren

June 5, 2024

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying two astronauts aboard Boeing’s Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test is launched from the coast of Florida, with blue water creating a backdrop for the flames and the clouds of smoke along the ground.

Health

Psychedelics Are Challenging the Scientific Gold Standard

Jonathan Lambert

June 3, 2024

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The Print Edition

The MAHA Crowd Is Already Questioning Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis

Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab

AI Executives Promise Cancer Cures. Here’s the Reality

The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet

An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps

The Golden Age of Antarctic Science May Be Ending

COVID Broke the Rules of Virus Evolution

What Trump’s Finger-Pointing Reveals

A Less Brutal Alternative to IVF

Aspiring Parents Have a New DNA Test to Obsess Over

Can Generative AI Uncover the ‘Language of Biology’?

A Virtual Cell Is a ‘Holy Grail’ of Science. It’s Getting Closer.

Doctors Thought They Knew What a Genetic Disease Is. They Were Wrong.

The Most Important Breakthroughs of 2024

The Clue That Tracked a Butterfly Across the Atlantic Ocean

Elon Musk Gets His Mini-Me at NASA

When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk

The Cancer Gene More Men Should Test For

Seven Stories About Promising Medical Discoveries

MAGA Goes to Mars

A ‘Crazy’ Idea for Treating Autoimmune Diseases Might Actually Work

Tripping on Nothing

The ‘Peak Obesity’ Illusion

AI’s Penicillin and X-Ray Moment

They Were Made Without Eggs or Sperm. Are They Human?

A Simple Lab Ingredient Derailed Science Experiments

The Cost of Avoiding Microplastics

The Scariest Spacewalk in 50 Years

Elon Musk to the Rescue

Saturn’s Ocean Moon Was Hiding in Plain Sight

NASA Should Ditch the Spin

The Search for Alien Life Starts on Earth

The Science of Pet Ownership Needs a Reality Check

One Satellite Crash Could Upend Modern Life

NASA Finally Has an Alternative to SpaceX

Psychedelics Are Challenging the Scientific Gold Standard