Rebecca J. Rosen

Rebecca J. Rosen is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She was previously an associate editor at The Wilson Quarterly, where she spearheaded the magazine's In Essence section.

Get Ready: Google Just Went to the Galapagos, and Pretty Soon You'll Go Too (Via Street View, of Course)

Get Ready: Google Just Went to the Galapagos, and Pretty Soon You'll Go Too (Via Street View, of Course)

Sea lions and tortoises and finches, oh my More »

Astronauts Snag Dramatic Photographs of Alaska's Erupting Volcano

Astronauts Snag Dramatic Photographs of Alaska's Erupting Volcano

Images of volcanoes from space are often kind of disappointing. These, we assure you, are not. More »

Felted Atomic Weapons: Most Incongruous Medium/Content Pairing Ever?

Felted Atomic Weapons: Most Incongruous Medium/Content Pairing Ever?

Well, this is... unexpected. More »

The Moore Tornado, as Seen From Space

The Moore Tornado, as Seen From Space

A gif of the storm from more than 400 miles above gives a sense of the storm's location and scale. More »

Why Does It Seem Like Small Towns Always Get the Worst of Tornado Season?

Why Does It Seem Like Small Towns Always Get the Worst of Tornado Season?

The Earth is a dartboard, tornadoes are tiny pins, and the big population centers are -- thankfully -- still quite small. More »

'On Average, Humanity Has Built One Large Dam Every Day for the Last 130 Years'

'On Average, Humanity Has Built One Large Dam Every Day for the Last 130 Years'

Ours is a planet and a time deeply shaped by one species -- us. More »

NASA Records an Explosion on the Moon So Bright You Could Have Seen It With Your Bare Eyes

NASA Records an Explosion on the Moon So Bright You Could Have Seen It With Your Bare Eyes

And now you can, in a video. More »

Are These the First Ever Pictures of Honduras's Lost Ciudad Blanca?

Are These the First Ever Pictures of Honduras's Lost Ciudad Blanca?

Explorers have been searching on foot for Honduras's mythical city for generations. Now, they seem to have found it from a tiny Cessna airplane, aided by million-dollar technology. More »

So This Is How It Begins: Guy Refuses to Stop Drone-Spying on Seattle Woman

So This Is How It Begins: Guy Refuses to Stop Drone-Spying on Seattle Woman

Is this legal? More »

Mystery Solved? A New Theory About Why Egypt Stopped Building Pyramids

Mystery Solved? A New Theory About Why Egypt Stopped Building Pyramids

Is it possible they were too perfect? More »

How Humans Are Changing the Planet—in 7 Dramatic GIFs

How Humans Are Changing the Planet—in 7 Dramatic GIFs

Watch as Las Vegas booms, the Amazon disappears, and Dubai grows out into the sea. More »

Watching the Final Sunset Before the 3-Month Antarctic Night

Watching the Final Sunset Before the 3-Month Antarctic Night

On Sunday, the crew at Antarctica's Concordia bid adieu to the sun, which they won't see again until August. More »

Mars: The Immigrant Experience

Mars: The Immigrant Experience

An old folk song reminds us of what it once meant to leave home and never return. More »

What It's Like to Live on a Ship Sailing Through the Antarctic Ice

What It's Like to Live on a Ship Sailing Through the Antarctic Ice

The beauty around the Earth coldest, driest, continent provides experiences that "are like touching infinity." More »

Instagram Is Looking More and More Like Facebook

Instagram Is Looking More and More Like Facebook

With its new "Photos of You" feature, can the app finally turn a profit? More »

The World's Tiniest Movie

The World's Tiniest Movie

You thought Marcel the Shell was small? *Atoms* animate a new film from IBM. More »

Oh the Places You'll Go: 38,000 Historical Maps to Explore at New Online Library

Oh the Places You'll Go: 38,000 Historical Maps to Explore at New Online Library

The Digital Public Library of America announces the addition of a vast treasure trove of maps. More »

Farewell Herschel: One of Humanity's Greatest Telescopes Will See No More

Farewell Herschel: One of Humanity's Greatest Telescopes Will See No More

Five of our favorite images from the infrared observatory, RIP. More »

The Aurora Graces Death Valley With Its Majestic Beauty, in Timelapse

The Aurora Graces Death Valley With Its Majestic Beauty, in Timelapse

During two nights in the middle of March, a team of five "starchasers" captured an incredible sight from the remote desert. More »

The Earth's Core Is as Hot as the Surface of the Sun

The Earth's Core Is as Hot as the Surface of the Sun

But the sun's surface isn't all that hot, at least compared with its atmosphere. More »

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