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My friend Adam Nemett and I became close friends in college, when I basically lived in the house he shared with my then-boyfriend. We saw each...
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. On April 13, Robert Redfield, the director...
While their understanding of algorithm error is still in early stages, their ultimate goal is to help develop a clear and accurate way to communicate an...
This story is adapted from Phallacy: Life Lessons from the Animal Penis, by Emily Willingham. For humans and other vertebrates, the literal response to the question...
On Tuesday afternoon, Elon Musk will hold court at Tesla’s manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, for the company’s much-hyped Battery Day. Details of what Musk will...
There’s nothing quite like the pleasure of sipping a fine Scotch whiskey, for those whose tastes run to such indulgences. But how can you be sure...
Three years ago, doctors in Greece began recruiting 198 older people for a unique experiment. They injected half of them with a century-old tuberculosis vaccine typically...
The return of colds has been less pronounced so far in the United States, where schools are less likely to have reopened. But there is evidence...
When it comes to COVID-19, I try not to be judgmental about the choices of others, except to note that anyone who takes fewer precautions than...
In the 1940s, trailblazing physicists stumbled upon the next layer of reality. Particles were out, and fields—expansive, undulating entities that fill space like an ocean—were in....