Has the U.S. Passed Peak Car?
Intrigued (and alarmed) by the new science of “neuromarketing,” our correspondent peers into his own brain via an MRI machine and learns what he really thinks about Jimmy Carter, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bruce Springsteen, and Edie Falco.
The odds that a potentially devastating space rock will hit Earth this century may be as high as one in 10. So why isn’t NASA trying harder to prevent catastrophe? [Web only: Video: "Target Earth"]
How tiny jets, Soviet-trained math prodigies, American “ant farmers,” and dot-com refugees are revolutionizing air travel [Web only: Slideshow: "A Day on the DayJet"]
A steamy solution to global warming
TV can avoid the music industry’s fate and survive the digital age, but only by beating the Internet at its own game.
Virginia Postrel talks with Gary Hustwit—director of Helvetica—about filmmaking, creativity, and the expressive implications of one of the world's most popular typefaces
The practical (and tacky) fruits of a revolution in typeface design. [Web only: Video: "Fine Print"]
Move over, iPod: Internet radio captures the enduring magic of the medium and makes the local global.
It’s easy to see how evolution can account for the dark streaks in human nature—the violence, treachery, and cruelty. But how does it produce kindness, generosity, and heroism?
Can meteorologists armed with supercomputers and a few tons of soot stop a hurricane from reaching the Gulf Coast? Can they stop it without getting sued?
Protecting files and programs need not make you crazy—or even cost you a cent
By bringing order to the Web, Facebook could become as important to us as Google
Olivia Judson, author of "The Selfless Gene," discusses the evolutionary roots of altruism and fellow feeling
Your father may not be who you think he is
Computers may not be able to make decisions for you (yet), but they can sharpen your judgment.
New programs ease the frustration of working with others online.
Newly sophisticated “machine translators” let you browse foreign Web sites in real time.
Why the social-media revolution will go out with a whimper
James Fallows on what most surprised him about this topic and the biggest development that happened after press time.
Gregg Easterbrook talks about his cover story, "Global Warming: Who Loses—and Who Wins?," and the unexpected by-products of climate change.
New programs back up everything you do— in real time, online, and automatically.
Decoding genomes wasn't enough. Now Craig Venter wants to end our oil addiction.
Vintage Atlantic writings on science by Asa Gray, Werner Heisenberg, James Watson, and others.
Social-search programs like Flickr and del.icio.us guide your Web browsing toward places you probably want to go.
A preview of the new versions of Windows and Office
Dems Hijack GOP's Frederick Douglass Party to Stump for D.C. Statehood
Here Is the Simplest, Most Compelling Economic Case For Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Google: The Xbox One Is 'Terrible'; Bing: The Xbox One Is 'Amazing'
Now There Are 3 Republican Senators Who Support Gay Marriage
The Strange, Sad City of Baikonur, the World's Gateway to the Heavens
50 Years After Ich bin ein Berliner, Obama Urges 'Peace with Justice'
World o' Flight Updates: NYT Mag, Gliders, Yeshivah of Flatbush, Solar Impulse
At the Supreme Court, Divisions and Signs of Trouble to Come
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