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.

What Does the Sun Sound Like?

What Does the Sun Sound Like?

Smooth jazz, mostly. (Kidding! It sounds like hums and zooms and tribal drums!) More »

Coming Soon: Fewer Pictures of Naked People at Our Nation's Airports

Coming Soon: Fewer Pictures of Naked People at Our Nation's Airports

Coming soon: fewer pictures of naked people in our nation's security lines. More »

Siri, Why Aren't You Sassy?

Siri, Why Aren't You Sassy?

Apple's looking for a writer to give its cyborg assistant more "character." More »

We Just Sent the Mona Lisa to the Moon ... With Lasers

We Just Sent the Mona Lisa to the Moon ... With Lasers

The first time anyone has achieved one-way laser communication at planetary distances More »

Michelle Obama Is on Twitter (Again)

Michelle Obama Is on Twitter (Again)

Happy birthday, Mrs. Obama! Here's a new Twitter feed. More »

Nightmareliner: The FAA Has Grounded All Boeing 787 Aircraft

Nightmareliner: The FAA Has Grounded All Boeing 787 Aircraft

Two strikes .. it's grounded. More »

When Technology Invents Problems, Moisturizing Jeans Edition

When Technology Invents Problems, Moisturizing Jeans Edition

Denim, disrupted. More »

The White House Petition Site Is a Joke (and Also the Future of Democracy)

The White House Petition Site Is a Joke (and Also the Future of Democracy)

Want to troll your federal government? It just got a lot more difficult. More »

'This Robot Is the Latest Weapon in the War on Birds'

'This Robot Is the Latest Weapon in the War on Birds'

Four years after the "Miracle on the Hudson," a higher-tech way to combat bird strikes More »

Cannonballs, Samurai Swords, Chastity Belts: An Inventory of the Items Found at TSA Checkpoints in 2012

Cannonballs, Samurai Swords, Chastity Belts: An Inventory of the Items Found at TSA Checkpoints in 2012

A year's worth of data from the nation's airports More »

Why You Can't Cry in Space

Why You Can't Cry in Space

In microgravity, says astronaut Chris Hadfield, "your eyes make tears but they stick as a liquid ball." More »

The U.K.'s Biggest Distributor of Children's Books Is About to Be ... McDonald's

The U.K.'s Biggest Distributor of Children's Books Is About to Be ... McDonald's

Happy meals in Britain are getting a little more literary. More »

What It Would Look Like to Orbit the Moon

What It Would Look Like to Orbit the Moon

A NASA spacecraft sweeps the lunar surface -- only six miles away from its peaks and craters. More »

Here It Is: The 'Most Significant' Photo Recently Taken From Space

Here It Is: The 'Most Significant' Photo Recently Taken From Space

Astronaut Chris Hadfield is, in addition to everything else, a photographer. This is his favorite image. More »

What Van Gogh's Famous Self-Portrait Looks Like as a Photograph

What Van Gogh's Famous Self-Portrait Looks Like as a Photograph

In a word: creepy. In another word: beautiful. More »

Starting Now: Live Coverage of the 'Doomsday Asteroid' Flying by Earth

Starting Now: Live Coverage of the 'Doomsday Asteroid' Flying by Earth

See the thing pass us by -- for free, on the Internet. More »

How Monopoly Games Helped Allied POWs Escape During World War II

How Monopoly Games Helped Allied POWs Escape During World War II

Even trivial changes to a trivial board game can shift the course of history. More »

This Is What It Looks Like When Dolphins 'Stampede'

Spoiler: It looks awesome. More »

When Stephen Hawking Went to the White House

When Stephen Hawking Went to the White House

While visiting the president, the famed cosmologist explained his approach to exploration, discovery, and human limitation. More »

Nate Silver: 'There Should Be a Pulitzer Category' for Infographics

Nate Silver: 'There Should Be a Pulitzer Category' for Infographics

A worthy idea from the thought leader's AMA More »

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