Robinson Meyer

Robinson Meyer is a writer and musician based near Chicago and a regular contributor to TheAtlantic.com.

Picture of the Day: The Gale Crater, From Mars to Earth

Picture of the Day: The Gale Crater, From Mars to Earth

Mars's Gale Crater, as if under Martian and terrestrial sunlight More »

Banner Above Paul Ryan-Led Event: 'Hey Girl, Choose Me, Lose Choice—P. Ryan'

Banner Above Paul Ryan-Led Event: 'Hey Girl, Choose Me, Lose Choice—P. Ryan'

@PaulRyanGosling took real form over a Paul Ryan rally in Colorado Tuesday. More »

Finally, A Bill Requires Police Get A Judge's Approval Before They Can See Your Texts Or Location

Finally, A Bill Requires Police Get A Judge's Approval Before They Can See Your Texts Or Location

A new bill *finally* requires that police get a judge's approval before they can see your cell phone location data. More »

Picture of the Day: A Galactic Collision, in Gorgeous Technicolor

Picture of the Day: A Galactic Collision, in Gorgeous Technicolor

But why do we color images from space in the first place? More »

Happy 10th Birthday, Daring Fireball

Happy 10th Birthday, Daring Fireball

It's a blog not just about Apple, but about excellence. More »

Earth from Space: Cyclone Season

Earth from Space: Cyclone Season

It's mid-August, which means we're in the season for hurricanes and typhoons More »

In a Few Years, London and New York City Will Have Identical Taxi Cabs

In a Few Years, London and New York City Will Have Identical Taxi Cabs

Culture works like a toolbox. Using the same cab -- in two different cities -- deprives us of a useful vibrancy. More »

What the Perseid Meteor Shower Looks Like from Space

What the Perseid Meteor Shower Looks Like from Space

The Perseids hit their peak this weekend. Last year, astronaut Ron Garan got a look at them from the ISS. More »

We Thought Female Athletes Were Catching Up to Men, but They're Not

We Thought Female Athletes Were Catching Up to Men, but They're Not

Across dozens of sports, women's world speed records consistently fall 10 percent short of men's records. More »

Self Portrait 1, by the Mars Curiosity Rover (a Work in Progress)

Self Portrait 1, by the Mars Curiosity Rover (a Work in Progress)

When you see this picture in a museum some day, it'll look much better. More »

We Read the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's New Article on Social Media Ethics

We Read the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's New Article on Social Media Ethics

So you don't have to. (Service journalism!) More »

Picture of the Day: Yes, Rocks Really Are That Color on Mars

Picture of the Day: Yes, Rocks Really Are That Color on Mars

When the first pictures of Mars came back from Viking I and II, scientists made sure you understood those were the true colors of Mars. More »

The 'Golden' Ratio: The One Number That Describes How Men's World Records Compare With Women's

The 'Golden' Ratio: The One Number That Describes How Men's World Records Compare With Women's

And six other ways the genders compare athletically More »

Picture of the Day: A Pre-Planetary Pachydermic Proboscis

Picture of the Day: A Pre-Planetary Pachydermic Proboscis

Gas, stars and even an pachydermic proboscis mix in this photograph of nebula IC 1396, which lurks within the constellation Cepheus. More »

How You Turn Music Into Money in 2012 (Spoiler: Mostly iTunes)

How You Turn Music Into Money in 2012 (Spoiler: Mostly iTunes)

Less than $300 from Spotify. More than $45,000 from iTunes More »

A Song for Friday: The Curiosity Rover's 'Life on Mars'

A Song for Friday: The Curiosity Rover's 'Life on Mars'

What will the Curiosity Rover do once it gets to Mars? More »

Beneath Every City Is A Labyrinth of Last Names

Beneath Every City Is A Labyrinth of Last Names

Behind a city of data, an ocean of names. More »

Picture of the Day: A Martian Sunset

Picture of the Day: A Martian Sunset

When the Curiosity Rover lands next week, it will have a view something like this. More »

Two Decades of the Olympics, Two Big Lessons About the Media

Two Decades of the Olympics, Two Big Lessons About the Media

We read the official media report about each city's Summer Games so you don't have to. More »

Earth From Space: Two Years of Waves Dancing

Earth From Space: Two Years of Waves Dancing

The ocean's surface currents off the coast of Japan, between June 2005 and December 2007 More »

The Biggest Story in Photos

Protests Spread Across Brazil

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