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.

Yahoo's Assets: What Marissa Mayer Will Be Working With

Yahoo's Assets: What Marissa Mayer Will Be Working With

An overview of the new CEO's expansive new domain More »

'The Revolution Begins Here': MSNBC's First Broadcast, July 1996

'The Revolution Begins Here': MSNBC's First Broadcast, July 1996

The groundbreaking network's first day of news reporting involved Boris Yeltsin and Bob Dole. More »

Coffee: Preventing Scurvy Since 1650

Coffee: Preventing Scurvy Since 1650

The "simple innocent" drink is also useful for preventing gout, dropsy, miscarriage ... More »

The Real iPod: Elon Musk's Wild Idea for a 'Jetson Tunnel' from S.F. to L.A.

The Real iPod: Elon Musk's Wild Idea for a 'Jetson Tunnel' from S.F. to L.A.

The inventor wants to find the fifth dimension ... of transportation. More »

What the Internet Actually Looks Like

What the Internet Actually Looks Like

Gorgeous renderings of the Internet's physical filaments More »

Dr. Leon Lederman Is About to Become Your New Favorite Physicist

Dr. Leon Lederman Is About to Become Your New Favorite Physicist

Confused about science? This Nobel winner would be happy to help you out. More »

The Burying of Digg, by the Numbers

The Burying of Digg, by the Numbers

The social news site, in a different time, tried to sell itself for $300 million. More »

Take Heart, Pay Phones: When You Die, You Become WiFi

Take Heart, Pay Phones: When You Die, You Become WiFi

New York City has found a way to breathe new life into old tech. More »

On the Ugliness of Wikipedia

On the Ugliness of Wikipedia

Mostly, the site's homeliness is a feature rather than a bug. Still: It might be time for a makeover. More »

Taco Bell vs. Old Spice: The Twitter War That Wasn't

Taco Bell vs. Old Spice: The Twitter War That Wasn't

Brands in conversation! With marginal hilarity! More »

Apple Has been Involved in 3 of Every 5 Mobile Tech Patent Suits Over the Last 2 Years

Apple Has been Involved in 3 of Every 5 Mobile Tech Patent Suits Over the Last 2 Years

It's lonely litigious at the top. More »

Whoa: 22% of *All the World's Web Pages* Reference Facebook

Whoa: 22% of *All the World's Web Pages* Reference Facebook

Is the web "turning upside-down"? More »

Here's What the Higgs Boson Sounds Like

Here's What the Higgs Boson Sounds Like

The particle, set to music, plays like a jaunty tango. More »

'An Unparalleled Observation': Atmospheric Changes in a Planet Beyond Our Solar System

'An Unparalleled Observation': Atmospheric Changes in a Planet Beyond Our Solar System

A "hot Jupiter" and its host star shed light -- literally -- on the interaction between a solar flare and a giant planet's atmosphere. More »

A Disheveled, Wandering Star (Has a Sneezing Fit)

A Disheveled, Wandering Star (Has a Sneezing Fit)

Gesundheit. More »

Wait, Tarmac Can *Melt*?

Wait, Tarmac Can *Melt*?

Is our infrastructure ready for global warming? More »

Ode to Joy: 50 String Instruments That Will Melt Your Heart

Ode to Joy: 50 String Instruments That Will Melt Your Heart

The flash mob finds its apotheosis. More »

Can You Teach Yourself Synesthesia?

Can You Teach Yourself Synesthesia?

Yes! Maybe? Red-orange! More »

These Hipsters Have No Idea About the Higgs Boson

These Hipsters Have No Idea About the Higgs Boson

A metal band? An art installation? A "creepy European man who goes around flashing people"? More »

Boom, Too Soon: A Brief History of Gun-Jumping Fireworks

Boom, Too Soon: A Brief History of Gun-Jumping Fireworks

The fiery forerunners of the San Diego mono-explosion More »

The Biggest Story in Photos

Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

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