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An inspiring research project went viral for the wrong reasons.

Could humans be to blame?

Notes on the paranoid style in online fandom

The marine biologist Rachel Carson saw immense value in helping the public cultivate a sense of wonder.

A striking proportion of Americans doesn’t have one. Nontraditional families are left uniquely vulnerable.

Readers respond to our April 2022 cover story and more.

Caution and epistemic humility can guide our approach.

How parents should, and should not, manage the shortage

The director brings his signature theme—adventurers who share his quixotic compulsions—to his debut novel.

Crimean Tatars have long helped shape Ukraine’s sense of self as a vibrant multiethnic, multiconfessional, multilingual place.

Would you press a button to eradicate cancer if 20 percent more marriages would end in divorce?

Recent images of the landscapes and inhabitants of Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean

I found on nearly every page of the manifesto evidence of profound moral deformity.

Atlantic Editions will publish a series of books by Atlantic writers. Today’s Books relaunch features cover story, “Chasing Joan Didion,” and summer reading guide.

Caitlin Flanagan asks the greatest question of Didion’s lifetime: What was it that gave her such power?

Lizzie and Kaitlyn lose money on the Kentucky Derby, but win compliments on a bagel-shaped cake.

This magazine has always been a destination for great writers and for those who love literature. That’s why we’re making books a much bigger part of what we do.

In The Last Days of Roger Federer, Geoff Dyer writes about what happens when creative geniuses age—but he might need to do some maturing himself.

In a new biography of the man whose murder sparked massive protests, two reporters tell a longer story of institutional racism.

The Atlantic’s writers and editors have picked books to transport you, surprise you, and inspire you.

What was it that gave her such power?

A manifesto is not something to be ignored; it’s a playbook for the next attack.

Three basketball-loving writers discuss the first season of HBO’s controversial series about the 1980s Lakers.

Hatred alone is not an American phenomenon—easy access to deadly weapons is.

Millions of people are still mourning loved ones lost to COVID, their grief intensified, prolonged, and even denied by the politics of the pandemic.