Atlantic Unbound Archive

Charles C. Mann

Recent articles by Charles C. Mann

November 2008

The Gangster In My Tub

The author finds himself in hot water at a Japanese onsen. [Web only: Slideshow: "Eternal Spring"]

July/August 2008

Personal Genomics

June 2006

How Not to Travel in Japan

Our correspondent flouts the Three Laws of Tourism there— and has a spectacular trip.

May 2005

The Coming Death Shortage

Why the longevity boom will make us sorry to be alive.

September 2002

Homeland Insecurity

A top expert says America's approach to protecting itself will only make matters worse. Forget "foolproof" technology—we need systems designed to fail smartly.

March 2002

1491

Before it became the New World, the Western Hemisphere was vastly more populous and sophisticated than has been thought—an altogether more salubrious place to live at the time than, say, Europe. New evidence of both the extent of the population and its agricultural advancement leads to a remarkable conjecture: the Amazon rain forest may be largely a human artifact.

September 2000

The Heavenly Jukebox

Rampant music piracy may hurt musicians less than they fear. The real threat—to listeners and, conceivably, democracy itself—is the music industry's reaction to it.