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Megan Garber

Megan Garber

Megan Garber is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She was formerly an assistant editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab, where she wrote about innovations in the media.

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Don Pettit Is About to Become Your New Favorite Astronaut

Don Pettit Is About to Become Your New Favorite Astronaut

The space station scientist has found the best way imaginable to pass the lonely hours away from earth.… More »

The Pathbreaking Flight of SpaceX's Dragon Capsule, by the Numbers

The Pathbreaking Flight of SpaceX's Dragon Capsule, by the Numbers

Stats of the day: a tiny vehicle with a big payload… More »

Quiz: Are You a True Tech Geek?

Quiz: Are You a True Tech Geek?

A tech Rorschach featuring cameos from Google, virtual reality, your eyeballs.… More »

This Photo Uses Every Single Instagram Filter

This Photo Uses Every Single Instagram Filter

Go from Kinkade to Rothko, in eighteen easy steps.… More »

Aaron Sorkin's Scintillating Play About ... Intellectual Property Law

Aaron Sorkin's Scintillating Play About ... Intellectual Property Law

Sorkin's dad, it turns out, was an IP lawyer.… More »

Oops! Now You Can Track the Tweets Politicians Tried to Delete

Oops! Now You Can Track the Tweets Politicians Tried to Delete

Remember that time John McCain totally mocked "Vlad" Putin? So does the Internet.… More »

The Future Growth of the Internet, in One Chart (and One Graph)

The Future Growth of the Internet, in One Chart (and One Graph)

Global Internet traffic is expected to increase threefold over the next five years.… More »

External Eyes: Vision Technology Takes Another Step Forward

External Eyes: Vision Technology Takes Another Step Forward

The visually impaired may soon get help navigating the world ... courtesy of augmented reality.… More »

Public Service Announcement: Clean Your Computer Immediately

Public Service Announcement: Clean Your Computer Immediately

Do it for your PC. Do it for your health. Do it for you.… More »

The Baby Stroller of the Future Isn't a Stroller

The Baby Stroller of the Future Isn't a Stroller

The baby transport of the future takes its cues from the past.… More »

How the Golden Gate Bridge Was Built

How the Golden Gate Bridge Was Built

A celebratory history of one of the world's most famous structures… More »

What It Means That Computers Can Tell These Smiles Apart, But You Can't

What It Means That Computers Can Tell These Smiles Apart, But You Can't

Computer algorithms can now discern the meaning behind (some) human facial expressions.… More »

Life (as Told by 873 Stock Photos)

Life (as Told by 873 Stock Photos)

Even stock images can be powerful when they're put together.… More »

Mars and Venus Online: How the Genders Differ in Their Use of Social Networks

Mars and Venus Online: How the Genders Differ in Their Use of Social Networks

The gender roles so familiar from the analog world tend to replicate themselves in the digital.… More »

The Best Way to Tell If People Are Smack-Talking Your Company on Twitter

The Best Way to Tell If People Are Smack-Talking Your Company on Twitter

Netflix is using sentiment analysis to tell when it's annoyed its users.… More »

Here Is a Map of 14,000 Venture Capital Investments

Here Is a Map of 14,000 Venture Capital Investments

A company has tracked the connections -- and the cliques -- of the VC social scene.… More »

Can Better Data Keep Students From Dropping Out of College?

Can Better Data Keep Students From Dropping Out of College?

Meet Civitas Learning, the new platform that brings predictive analytics to higher education.… More »

Zyng! Facebook Buoys, Then Drowns, Its Fellow Social Networks

Zyng! Facebook Buoys, Then Drowns, Its Fellow Social Networks

Right now, things aren't looking too rosy for social networks not named "Facebook."… More »

The Tao of Shutterstock: What Makes a Stock Photo a Stock Photo?

The Tao of Shutterstock: What Makes a Stock Photo a Stock Photo?

And how do photographers know that I'll need a picture of the sun streaming through clouds?… More »

The Internet at the Dawn of Facebook

The Internet at the Dawn of Facebook

Back in 2004, the "World Wide Web" was dominated by Microsoft, AOL, and Jeeves.… More »

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