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.

MIT Researchers Develop Radar That Sees Through Walls

MIT Researchers Develop Radar That Sees Through Walls

The new technology can provide a real-time video feed of what's going on on the other side of a thick concrete wall More »

Books by a Robot‽ An Investigation Into an Amazon.com Mystery

Books by a Robot‽ An Investigation Into an Amazon.com Mystery

One author on Amazon has more than 100,000 books to his name. Who is he? Do these books seem like the work of a human? More »

Picture of the Day: A Nebula Loses Its Characteristic Shape

Picture of the Day: A Nebula Loses Its Characteristic Shape

In visible light, this nebula resembles the continent of North America, but in infrared light, it has a completely different appearance More »

How to Write Better Code

How to Write Better Code

Researchers take an empirical approach to the human processes of collaboration and creation, searching for ways to improve More »

What Would Happen if Amazon Ruled Publishing?

What Would Happen if Amazon Ruled Publishing?

Publishing houses: Hide your children. Amazon is coming to get you. More »

Picture of the Day: Stars Near Orion's Sword

Picture of the Day: Stars Near Orion's Sword

An image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captures the formation of new stars in the Orion nebula More »

Why Is the Same Cloud Icon Everywhere?

Why Is the Same Cloud Icon Everywhere?

Many applications and services that use remote storage have very similar icons -- four circles connected by a flat bottom More »

Picture of the Day: A Nebula With More Than 14,000 Stars

Picture of the Day: A Nebula With More Than 14,000 Stars

An image of Carina Nebula, a star-forming region some 7,5000 light years away from Earth More »

Siri and Her Girls: Why So Many Robot Helpers Are Ladies

Siri and Her Girls: Why So Many Robot Helpers Are Ladies

Apple's new digital personal assistant is distinctively feminine, just like the disembodied voices of GPS, voicemail, and corporate call centers. More »

Picture of the Day: Toxic Algae Blooms in Lake Erie

Picture of the Day: Toxic Algae Blooms in Lake Erie

An algae bloom off the coast of Michigan, Ohio, and Ontario is the worst in decades, so extensive that it is visible from space More »

Do Police Need a Warrant to Search Your Phone?

Do Police Need a Warrant to Search Your Phone?

The murky legal landscape of the state's rights regarding the search and seizure of your mobile devices More »

Picture of the Day: The Stunning Shadows Cast by Saturn's Rings

Picture of the Day: The Stunning Shadows Cast by Saturn's Rings

The sun's light gets filtered by Saturn's rings, creating a pattern of stripes across the planet More »

Picture of the Day: Stars Form in the Orion Constellation

Picture of the Day: Stars Form in the Orion Constellation

An image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a nebula that is 1,600 light years away from Earth More »

The Government Program That Will Try to Read Your Mind

The Government Program That Will Try to Read Your Mind

An experiment planned for this spring will try to predict social crises, riots, and pandemics by looking into the crystal ball of our online data More »

Two Ghost Towns Near Greece's Worst-Polluting Power Plants

Two Ghost Towns Near Greece's Worst-Polluting Power Plants

Photographs of the abandoned villages of Charavgi and Kleitos, now home to just one security guard, a shepherd, and his family More »

Picture of the Day: The Center of Our Galaxy

Picture of the Day: The Center of Our Galaxy

A mosaic image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the stars and swirling hydrogen gas at the core of the Milky Way More »

The 99 Percent Tumblr: Self-Service History

The 99 Percent Tumblr: Self-Service History

An online home for the stories of Americans who are struggling with sickness, debt, and unemployment during these hard times More »

The Crazy New Tech Toys on Display in Japan

The Crazy New Tech Toys on Display in Japan

Japan's massive consumer electronics exhibition showcases some gadgets from the cutting edge More »

Picture of the Day: Fall Comes to Lake Superior

Picture of the Day: Fall Comes to Lake Superior

A photograph taken from the Terra satellite shows the leaves beginning to change in Michigan's Upper Peninsula More »

Makeshift Tributes at Apple Stores Around the World

Makeshift Tributes at Apple Stores Around the World

The company's storefronts have become the unofficial gathering spot for fans to pay tribute to the man who built the brand More »

The Biggest Story in Photos

Protests Spread Across Brazil

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