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.

The Paradox of GIF-iti: Street Art You Can See Only Online

The Paradox of GIF-iti: Street Art You Can See Only Online

An artist's quest to make art tailored to the Internet, in the physical spaces of modern Los Angeles, London, and Newcastle More »

 The Panel Pledge: A Follow-Up

The Panel Pledge: A Follow-Up

A few reflections on a plan to help phase out all-male panels at science and tech conferences More »

A Simple Suggestion to Help Phase Out All-Male Panels at Tech Conferences

A Simple Suggestion to Help Phase Out All-Male Panels at Tech Conferences

Men: You can fix this. Refuse to participate unless there are women on stage with you. More »

What Matters in Google's FTC Settlement: A Cheat Sheet

What Matters in Google's FTC Settlement: A Cheat Sheet

Google dodges a bullet. More »

A Martian Dream: Here's What the Red Planet Would Look Like With Earth-Like Oceans and Life

A Martian Dream: Here's What the Red Planet Would Look Like With Earth-Like Oceans and Life

Our planetary neighbor is a dusty, barren land. Here, it's re-imagined as a hospitable, wet globe, a bit like our own home. More »

After 10 Years of Delay, the FCC Begins to Address Unjust Phone Rates for Prisoners

After 10 Years of Delay, the FCC Begins to Address Unjust Phone Rates for Prisoners

Families can pay up to around $20 for just a 15-minute call with a loved one in prison. Perhaps that is about to change. More »

Umberto Eco on Why We Love Lists

Umberto Eco on Why We Love Lists

What is it about humans that make lists so appealing to us? According to Umberto Eco, "We like lists because we don't want to die." More »

The Man Who Collected 1,320 Best-Books-of-2012 Lists

The Man Who Collected 1,320 Best-Books-of-2012 Lists

And in the process he learned something awesome More »

More Than Half of American Homes Don't Use a Landline

More Than Half of American Homes Don't Use a Landline

With the ascent of mobile, landlines dip back to World War II-era diffusion. More »

This Is What Life Sounds Like If You Live in Space

This Is What Life Sounds Like If You Live in Space

On the International Space Station, that is More »

Senate Drops Effort to Prevent Warrantless Email Monitoring

Senate Drops Effort to Prevent Warrantless Email Monitoring

In approving a non-controversial bill about video-rental records, Congress had the chance to stop warrantless email searches, but they passed it up. More »

A Brief History of Musical Firsts in Space

A Brief History of Musical Firsts in Space

Colonel Chris Hadfield recently recorded the first original song written for and performed on the International Space Station. He joins a long and venerable tradition of astromusicians. More »

New Report Finds That West Antarctica Is Warming at an Alarming Rate

New Report Finds That West Antarctica Is Warming at an Alarming Rate

In a region where melting could contribute *10 feet* of global sea-level rise, new measurements show temperatures ticking up twice as fast as previously thought. More »

The Strangest, Most Haunting Images of Saturn You'll Ever See

The Strangest, Most Haunting Images of Saturn You'll Ever See

Our mighty spacecraft has traveled to Saturn's dark side, and captured the majestic planet backlit by our star the sun. More »

Boeing Used 20,000 lbs of Potatoes to Test Its In-Flight WiFi

Boeing Used 20,000 lbs of Potatoes to Test Its In-Flight WiFi

The spuds were, quote, "ideal stand-ins for passengers." More »

Archaeologists Find World's Oldest Bra

Archaeologists Find World's Oldest Bra

Way, way older than that ratty favorite that you just can't bear to part with even though it looks like hell More »

Twitter Suspends, and Then Quickly Reinstates, @YourAnonNews Account

Twitter Suspends, and Then Quickly Reinstates, @YourAnonNews Account

Twitter took down the largest Anonymous Twitter account, which has nearly 800,000 followers, following a tweet that included a picture of an email address. More »

Stephen Hawking Calls for Alan Turing's Pardon

Stephen Hawking Calls for Alan Turing's Pardon

The popular physicist has joined with other scientists and British leaders to ask Prime Minister David Cameron to "formally forgive this British hero." More »

GIFs of Asteroid Toutatis, as It Passed by Earth Last Week

GIFs of Asteroid Toutatis, as It Passed by Earth Last Week

Animated images of a rock in space, some 4.3 million miles away More »

After Complete #FAIL, the European Commission Finds Some Way Better Videos to Promote Women in Science

After Complete #FAIL, the European Commission Finds Some Way Better Videos to Promote Women in Science

Way, way more convincing reasons for women to go choose careers in science More »

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