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.

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 »

Tongue and Tech: The Many Emotions for Which English Has No Words

Tongue and Tech: The Many Emotions for Which English Has No Words

Among them is the German backpfeifengesicht, "a face badly in need of a fist" More »

You Probably Write a Novel's Worth of Email Every Year

You Probably Write a Novel's Worth of Email Every Year

The Great Gatsby, sitting in your outbox More »

The Age of Surgical Censorship

The Age of Surgical Censorship

Iran's "smart" approach involves monitoring, rather than blocking, its citizens' use of social media. More »

For Sale: NASA Launchpad, Gently Used

For Sale: NASA Launchpad, Gently Used

NASA's space shuttle program may be holding a going-out-of-business sale. More »

The Future of Cybersecurity Could Be Sitting in an Office in New Jersey

The Future of Cybersecurity Could Be Sitting in an Office in New Jersey

Meet CyberCity, the model train town that wants to keep your home safe from attack. More »

Captured in (Actual) Pictures: The Swirling Birth of Planets

Captured in (Actual) Pictures: The Swirling Birth of Planets

Wow. Wow wow wow wow. More »

The Day William Shatner Tweeted at an Astronaut (and the Astronaut Replied)

The Day William Shatner Tweeted at an Astronaut (and the Astronaut Replied)

That day, my friends, is today. More »

Those Other Martian Rovers Celebrate 9 Years on the Red Planet

Those Other Martian Rovers Celebrate 9 Years on the Red Planet

Curiosity can look up to its older, wiser cousins. More »

The Chart That Explains Why Your New Year's Resolution Will (Probably) Fail

The Chart That Explains Why Your New Year's Resolution Will (Probably) Fail

Sorry, but ... it probably will. More »

Going to the Gym Today? Thank This 19th-Century Orthopedist

Going to the Gym Today? Thank This 19th-Century Orthopedist

Dr. Zander started a movement for movement itself. More »

The Emancipation Proclamation Was Written Double-Sided

The Emancipation Proclamation Was Written Double-Sided

The document that changed everything was, like everything else, a creature of its time. More »

Wrappers' Delight: A Brief History of Wrapping Paper

Wrappers' Delight: A Brief History of Wrapping Paper

Disguising presents with decorative sheets of paper is, like so many other things, an accident of history. More »

Forgot to Prep for the End of the World? Go to IKEA

Forgot to Prep for the End of the World? Go to IKEA

Apocalypse survival, with a side of Swedish meatballs More »

Facebook's Latest Monetization Experiment: Email Spam

Facebook's Latest Monetization Experiment: Email Spam

Facebook forgets that there'e something just a little bit sacred about an inbox. More »

Why the Internet Makes It Hard to Procrastinate

Why the Internet Makes It Hard to Procrastinate

Technology allows us a "read later" mentality. We don't seem to want it. More »

Robot Horse Will Stalk You, Fall Down, Get Up, and Keep Stalking

Robot Horse Will Stalk You, Fall Down, Get Up, and Keep Stalking

The next logical plot twist in the long history of mechanical horses More »

The Trash We've Left on the Moon

The Trash We've Left on the Moon

The lunar surface is strewn with more than 100 manmade items, from bags of urine to monumental plaques. More »

The Biggest Story in Photos

Early Monsoon Rains Flood Northern India

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