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.

It's Like a Flight Simulator, Only for Making Bacon and Eggs

It's Like a Flight Simulator, Only for Making Bacon and Eggs

Kitchen tech that helps your food tell you when it's ready More »

28 Years' Worth of Presidential Nominees, in 1 Minute 20 Seconds

28 Years' Worth of Presidential Nominees, in 1 Minute 20 Seconds

Thanks to C-SPAN, you can watch presidential convention history in supercut form. More »

Apollo 11's Astronauts Received an $8 Per Diem for the Mission to the Moon

Apollo 11's Astronauts Received an $8 Per Diem for the Mission to the Moon

... With deductions for the "accommodation" provided by the spaceship. More »

'When You Supervise a Woman': The 1940s Instructional Manual

'When You Supervise a Woman': The 1940s Instructional Manual

Congratulations, old chap! You've done the deed: You've gone and hired women to work on your factory floor! But ... now what? More »

What Died With Neil Armstrong

What Died With Neil Armstrong

With Armstrong goes a long-standing brand of heroism. More »

Curiosity Takes Its First Drive, Leaving Morse Code on Mars

Curiosity Takes Its First Drive, Leaving Morse Code on Mars

Humans, via their robotic rover, are now leaving their mark on the Red Planet. More »

How America Swears: Here's a Heatmap Tracking Twitter Profanity

How America Swears: Here's a Heatmap Tracking Twitter Profanity

The cities of our great nation drop the F-bomb with aplomb. More »

When the Homemade Noodles Are Made by Robots

When the Homemade Noodles Are Made by Robots

Meet the mechanical army that's ready to slice you some ramen. More »

What Mars Would Look Like (If You Were Orbiting It)

What Mars Would Look Like (If You Were Orbiting It)

An astronaut's-eye view of the Red Planet More »

The Sound of a Dying Star

The Sound of a Dying Star

Scientists imagine the scream of a star as it gets consumed by a black hole. More »

From Heroes to Humans: The Totally Regular People Who Landed a Robot on Mars

From Heroes to Humans: The Totally Regular People Who Landed a Robot on Mars

"You still have my linear algebra book from like 8 years ago..." More »

Meet the Kids—Now Adults—Behind 1995's 'Internet Prophecy' Video

Meet the Kids—Now Adults—Behind 1995's 'Internet Prophecy' Video

The group includes a TV reporter, a grad student, a data control specialist ... and a programmer. More »

How to Get Students Interested in Space (and Science, and Math, and Engineering)

How to Get Students Interested in Space (and Science, and Math, and Engineering)

The learning platform Alleyoop is collaborating with NASA and other institutions to get kids to consider STEM careers. More »

Curiosity's Landing, From the Perspective of the 3,000 People Who Helped Build It

Curiosity's Landing, From the Perspective of the 3,000 People Who Helped Build It

"Seven years of my life and career come down to about seven minutes. I'm kind of freaking out." More »

Internet! Cats! Kids of 1995 Star in an Oddly Prophetic PSA

Internet! Cats! Kids of 1995 Star in an Oddly Prophetic PSA

A group of fifth graders inform their elders about the wonders of the web. More »

Most of What You Need to Know About Silicon Valley, in 1 Tumblr

Most of What You Need to Know About Silicon Valley, in 1 Tumblr

The dream of the entrepreneur, aggregated More »

The 'Beanie Plex' May Be the Movie Theater of the Future

The 'Beanie Plex' May Be the Movie Theater of the Future

In a world of Netflix and smartphones, theaters have to give consumers a better viewing experience. Step 1? Bean bags. More »

How to Save Yourself From a Defamation Suit: Hedge, Snark, Link

How to Save Yourself From a Defamation Suit: Hedge, Snark, Link

A court gives the Internet another reason for linking: avoiding libel. More »

'The Soul in the Machine': Glitch Artists Turn Tech Failures Into Commentary

'The Soul in the Machine': Glitch Artists Turn Tech Failures Into Commentary

Fractured technologies render a new kind of art. More »

Hero Runner Mo Farah Gives Us the Last-Minute Meme of the 2012 Games

Hero Runner Mo Farah Gives Us the Last-Minute Meme of the 2012 Games

The final meme of 2012: filled with surprise and joy. More »

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Finland in World War II

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