Copy, Paste, Remix: Digital Tricks That Originated on the Printed Page
A portable printmaking studio shows just how central replication and recombination have been to art for ages. More »
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.
A portable printmaking studio shows just how central replication and recombination have been to art for ages. More »
A picture from the International Space Station captures the countries and cities lining the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. More »
E-readers aren't merely making reading more convenient, they're making new kinds of writing available. More »
A beautiful picture of the largest planet in our solar system, taken from the Earth's ground. More »
Scientists are trying to understand the distribution of galaxies and dark matter in the aftermath of a massive collision. More »
"Gunna" becomes "gunman" and you can imagine the rest. More »
A giant crack running through the Pine Island Glacier in western Antarctica first appeared in October, but the ice has held strong so far. More »
A: You carry it on the back of a Boeing 747. More »
The Internet is more like real life than the 20th-century media was. More »
Scientists are watching as young stars gradually mature in the Orion nebula some 1,500 light years away from Earth. More »
Ebooks aren't just electronic versions of printed books. They present a different reading experience and, in certain cases, demand their own reviews. More »
The moon comes between NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Sun, partially obscuring the satellite's view of the star. More »
Data from the research firm comScore confirms what many had long suspected: Hardly anyone is using Google+. More »
A new tool on the NASA website can help you track Curiosity as it makes its way to the Red Planet. More »
A NASA satellite captured a view of the "boot" that is Italy, covered in snow following recent storms. More »
An homage to the innovations of Steve Kordek, pinball-machine tinkerer, who passed away last weekend at the age of 100. More »
The crowdfunding platform is having a blockbuster year and may bring in as much as $150 million for the projects on its site. More »
A study finds that -- surprise! -- the Twitter world mirrors patterns in our offline world. More »
A detailed picture of the nearby Homunculus Nebula, the result of a near supernova a century and a half ago More »
Astronaut John Glenn relaxes on the deck of the USS Noa shortly after returning from his historic flight. More »
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