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The Evolution of the Human Brain Set It Up for Failure

October 18, 2026

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What Three Gene-Therapy Deaths Have in Common

October 16, 2026

a virus inside a pill

Big Tech Oligarchs Have a Terrible Plan for Humanity

October 16, 2026

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What If AI Is the End of the World?

October 13, 2026

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The Incredible Ambitions, and Rivalry, of Musk and Bezos

October 13, 2026

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The Atlantic’s November Cover: Josh Tyrangiel Profiles Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk on Their Race to Control Outer Space—And Measures Who Is Ahead

October 13, 2026

The Atlantic's November 2026 Cover

AI’s Real Gift to Science

October 4, 2026

DNA helices move in a spiral motion.

AI Could Worsen a Common Cognitive Trap

October 3, 2026

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Let’s Get Specific About These Doomsday Scenarios

September 25, 2026

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When Meditation Has a Dark Side

September 17, 2026

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The AI Pandemic Isn’t On Its Way

Katherine J. Wu

September 11, 2026

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Medicine Needs to Get Serious About AI

Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Vinod Khosla

September 8, 2026

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There’s No Such Thing as an AI ‘Lab’

September 4, 2026

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The Dark Side of Mindfulness

September 4, 2026

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The Singular Triumph of Driving Down Peanut Allergies

August 31, 2026

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A New Way of Seeing Alien Worlds

August 29, 2026

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A Chatbot-Free Childhood Will Be a Status Symbol

August 7, 2026

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Photos: 50 Years Since Viking 1 Landed on Mars

July 20, 2026

A panoramic view of the surface of Mars, seen from a Mars lander, with some instruments visible in the foreground

What’s Behind the Rise in Mild Autism?

July 20, 2026

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The Researchers Who Want Dads-to-Be to Stop Drinking

July 17, 2026

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The Genes That Could Cancel Out a Fatal Diagnosis

July 7, 2026

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A Long-Standing Theory of Childbirth Is a Myth

Katherine J. Wu

June 29, 2026

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I’d Rather Risk Cancer Than See AI Move This Fast

June 21, 2026

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The Myth of SpaceX

June 20, 2026

A SpaceX rocket launches into the air.

AI Is Taking Over Hospitals

June 17, 2026

Illustration of a man receiving medical treatments from a pair of robot hands

The New Science of Psychedelic Drugs

June 12, 2026

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More Photos From Artemis II

May 4, 2026

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Endgame

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff

April 21, 2026

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The Challenge the Artemis II Crew Gave the Rest of Us

April 14, 2026

The Profound Comedy of Outer Space

April 12, 2026

Colman Domingo, Marcello Hernández, and Mikey Day in the "Artemis II" sketch on "SNL"

A Different Moon From the One We’ve Known

April 10, 2026

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Time-Travel Thursdays

What Will Humanity Do With the Moon?

April 9, 2026

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The Artemis Astronauts Are Studs

April 8, 2026

Collage of the four astronauts of the Artemis II moon mission, the moon, and a spacecraft in liftoff

An Incredibly Weird Time to Be Alive

April 7, 2026

A silhouette of Donald Trump and a photo of Earth as seen from space

What the Astronauts See That Trump Cannot

April 7, 2026

A photo of the Earth in a crescent shape, with the dark side of the moon in the foreground.

The Most Beautiful Moment of the Artemis II Mission

April 7, 2026

Image of the moon from Artemis II, showing the Oreientale basin and the crater that may be named Carroll