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.
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 »
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Watch as Las Vegas booms, the Amazon disappears, and Dubai grows out into the sea. More »
On Sunday, the crew at Antarctica's Concordia bid adieu to the sun, which they won't see again until August. More »
An old folk song reminds us of what it once meant to leave home and never return. More »
The beauty around the Earth coldest, driest, continent provides experiences that "are like touching infinity." More »
With its new "Photos of You" feature, can the app finally turn a profit? More »
You thought Marcel the Shell was small? *Atoms* animate a new film from IBM. More »
The Digital Public Library of America announces the addition of a vast treasure trove of maps. More »
Five of our favorite images from the infrared observatory, RIP. More »
During two nights in the middle of March, a team of five "starchasers" captured an incredible sight from the remote desert. More »
But the sun's surface isn't all that hot, at least compared with its atmosphere. More »
Two countries -- Brazil and Russia -- stand out for their increased policing of content online. More »
Listen to the voice of the man who brought our modern age of long-distance communication into being. More »
When confronted with the story of Shakuntala Devi there's one question everyone asks: "How does she do it?" More »
You better sit down for this one. More »
Today the Sunlight Foundation unveils Churnalism, which will compare any text online to a corpus of corporate, government, and other promotional content. More »
Three questions with the project's executive director More »
The 21st century hasn't just collapsed geographical distances, but distances of time as well, making history easier than ever to access. More »
