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.

California Takes a Big Step Forward: Free, Digital, Open-Source Textbooks

California Takes a Big Step Forward: Free, Digital, Open-Source Textbooks

A Golden State experiment with nationwide impact More »

Science: Watching Animal Videos Could Make You a Better Employee

Science: Watching Animal Videos Could Make You a Better Employee

And the more adorable the critter, the better. More »

Snakes on a Plane! That Are Actually Laser-Wielding Robots!

Snakes on a Plane! That Are Actually Laser-Wielding Robots!

Why tiny, wriggling machines could be the future of airplane repair More »

A Brief History of Mechanical Horses

A Brief History of Mechanical Horses

Before we dreamed of driverless cars, we dreamed of horseless horses. More »

In California, It's Now Illegal for Employers and Universities to Ask for Your Social Media Passwords

In California, It's Now Illegal for Employers and Universities to Ask for Your Social Media Passwords

Another state gives a new spin to "password protection." More »

The End of the Cash Register? Urban Outfitters Will Ring You Up With iPads

The End of the Cash Register? Urban Outfitters Will Ring You Up With iPads

The store is looking to Apple to help make its sales. More »

A Conversation With Randall Munroe, the Creator of XKCD

A Conversation With Randall Munroe, the Creator of XKCD

Q: What would happen if a beloved web comic created a series of ... physics explainers? More »

Space Is the New Frontier of the 2012 Presidential Campaign

Space Is the New Frontier of the 2012 Presidential Campaign

A Romney presidency, the candidate says, would "rebuild NASA" without more funding. More »

Satellites Capture the Ground Impact of Droughts, From 2002 to Today

Satellites Capture the Ground Impact of Droughts, From 2002 to Today

Ten years' worth of Earth's wetness and aridity, as observed from space More »

Google News at 10: How the Algorithm Won Over the News Industry

Google News at 10: How the Algorithm Won Over the News Industry

Google's "billions of clicks" are only half of the story. More »

The Planet's Most Powerful Digital Camera Captures Its First Images of the Universe

The Planet's Most Powerful Digital Camera Captures Its First Images of the Universe

The device could help astronomers figure out why the expansion of the universe is accelerating. More »

Today, the Emoticon Turns 30 :-)

Today, the Emoticon Turns 30 :-)

Reflection, joy, and angst for the colon-dash-parenthesis More »

After Hundreds of Years, Astronomers Finally Agree: This Is the Distance From the Earth to the Sun

After Hundreds of Years, Astronomers Finally Agree: This Is the Distance From the Earth to the Sun

The International Astronomical Union drops the mic. More »

#MuslimRage: How a Cynical Social-Media Play Became an Awesome Meme

#MuslimRage: How a Cynical Social-Media Play Became an Awesome Meme

What Newsweek's hashtag reveals about conversation in an evolving media environment More »

What a Solar Eclipse Looks Like (When You're Seeing It From Mars)

What a Solar Eclipse Looks Like (When You're Seeing It From Mars)

Curiosity uses its version of a pinhole projector to view -- and capture -- a Martian eclipse. More »

What Sequestration Would Do to the Country's Science Budgets

What Sequestration Would Do to the Country's Science Budgets

In a new report, the Obama Administration details what will happen if Congress can't find a budget compromise before January 2013. More »

The 20 Most Significant Inventions in the History of Food and Drink

The 20 Most Significant Inventions in the History of Food and Drink

Science experts rank the refrigerator as Invention #1. More »

Here It Is: The Best Word Ever

Here It Is: The Best Word Ever

A man, his blog, and an epic adventure in lexicographic awesomeness More »

Kennedy, Before Choosing the Moon: 'I'm Not That Interested in Space'

Kennedy, Before Choosing the Moon: 'I'm Not That Interested in Space'

The president sought space not because it was easy, but because it was expedient. More »

Swabbing and Hoping: How NASA Keeps Germs From Colonizing Mars

Swabbing and Hoping: How NASA Keeps Germs From Colonizing Mars

The agency tries to keep humans from inadvertently populating other planets. More »

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