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.

Google Keeps Paying Deceased Employees' Families for a Decade

Google Keeps Paying Deceased Employees' Families for a Decade

The many perks of Google: gyms, massages, nap rooms, crazy-generous life insurance ... More »

The Largest Ever 3D Map of the Universe

The Largest Ever 3D Map of the Universe

Watch the universe unfold ... in 1.5 minutes. More »

Curiosity's Martian Playground Is Technically Located in Pasadena

Curiosity's Martian Playground Is Technically Located in Pasadena

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has a specialized sandbox -- complete with beach sand, brick dust, and volcanic cinders -- that's meant to mimic Mars. More »

Shots All Around! The World Wide Web Is Now Old Enough to Drink

Shots All Around! The World Wide Web Is Now Old Enough to Drink

Twenty-one years ago, Tim Berners-Lee published the first web page. More »

The First Image of Earth Taken From Space (It's Not What You Think)

The First Image of Earth Taken From Space (It's Not What You Think)

A camera hitches a ride on a missile to take the first pictures of Earth from beyond its boundaries. More »

How the Most Epic Mars Mission Gets Turned into a Viral Ad, in One Oreo

How the Most Epic Mars Mission Gets Turned into a Viral Ad, in One Oreo

Oreo commemorates Curiosity. (NB: "Red creme currently unavailable.") More »

Watch the NASA Control Room React to Curiosity's Martian Touchdown

Watch the NASA Control Room React to Curiosity's Martian Touchdown

The survival of a robot provokes a scene of unbridled humanity. More »

The Curiosity Landing Already Has a Meme: NASA's 'Mohawk Guy'

The Curiosity Landing Already Has a Meme: NASA's 'Mohawk Guy'

NASA wasn't the only hero in tonight's historic encounter with Mars. More »

Curiosity Lands on Mars: Know What You're Watching When You're Watching '7 Minutes of Terror'

Curiosity Lands on Mars: Know What You're Watching When You're Watching '7 Minutes of Terror'

A guide to the dramatic descent of the Little Rover That Could More »

What Sydney's Doing Right Now (According to Instagram)

What Sydney's Doing Right Now (According to Instagram)

"This Is Now" uses the Instagram API to make a story from the service's data. More »

The BMI of a Black Hole

The BMI of a Black Hole

A black hole with a mass of 10 million suns. More »

A Database of Every Bomb the U.S. Military Has Dropped Since WWI

A Database of Every Bomb the U.S. Military Has Dropped Since WWI

The history of war, as told from the perspective of the weapons themselves More »

The One Thing You Need to Know About the Relaunch of Digg

The One Thing You Need to Know About the Relaunch of Digg

The site is already trying to surprise -- and delight -- its users. More »

The Power of Internet Censorship, in 1 Chart

The Power of Internet Censorship, in 1 Chart

Twitter's suspension of a journalist backfired in the worst -- and best -- way possible. More »

Sorry Kids, Want Today's Wifi Password? Do Your Chores

Sorry Kids, Want Today's Wifi Password? Do Your Chores

A brilliant -- or, depending on your perspective, completely cruel -- version of parenting technology More »

Tumblr: The Musical!

Tumblr: The Musical!

Annals of video inevitability: a theater-camp-tastic tribute to the Tumblog More »

In Defense of NBC: There Are Two Olympics

In Defense of NBC: There Are Two Olympics

It's not the network's fault; it's just that the Internet is the ultimate spoiler. More »

An Actor Performs a Dramatic Reading of a Yelp Review

An Actor Performs a Dramatic Reading of a Yelp Review

"I don't think i will be eating their anymore because if the manager is not nice then what does that say about the business they are running ..." More »

Percy Bysshe Shelley Frets About Information Overload ... in 1821

Percy Bysshe Shelley Frets About Information Overload ... in 1821

That feeling of flooding from facts? It's centuries old. More »

Neil deGrasse Tyson Isn't Mad at You, America—but He *Is* Disappointed

Neil deGrasse Tyson Isn't Mad at You, America—but He *Is* Disappointed

New on Kickstarter: a documentary that wants to inspire people to shoot for the stars More »

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