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Shardayyy/Flickr What Makes Americans So Optimistic?
Why the U.S. tends to look on the bright side
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In Praise of Summer Camp
Outdoor education isn't just about learning how to build a fire or wield a bow and arrow. It's a crucible for personal ethics and identity.
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#BradburyChronicles: Collecting Your Favorite Ray Bradbury Quotes
Insights on life, creativity, writing, and more from the prolific science fiction writer.
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Building a Smarter Forest
Cutting-edge tech -- algorithms and robots and drones -- could save lives during natural disasters.
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'Inspiration is 80% Mental, 40% Physical': Your Secrets of Creativity
Earlier this week, I asked Atlantic readers to share how they come up with their best ideas. Here's what you said
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How Do You Come Up With Your Best Ideas?
Tell us, and we'll publish you
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What Fuels the Most Influential Tweets?
The number of followers you have and the exact wording matter less than you think. What makes a difference is having the right message for the right people.
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Why Space Exploration Is a Job for Humans
The conventional wisdom of space exploration suggests that robotic probes are both more scientifically efficient and cost effective. Not so, argues a professor of planetary science.
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#SlowReads: Atlantic Readers Share Their Favorite Slow Books
Our readers pick their favorite longer, time-intensive literary works.
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Giffords Shooting a Pivotal Moment for the Government's Social-Media Monitoring
The Department of Homeland Security turned to social networks to gather information about the emerging crisis.
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The FBI Wants to Read Your Tweets
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the latest government agency to capitalize on the wealth of public information flowing through social networks.
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The Secret to Going Viral: It's All About Culture
While marketers may want to boil down people's sharing behavior to one, easy equation, that's just not how the social networks function.
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Occupy Cinema: Inside Occupy Wall Street's Collaborative Documentary
A new documentary seeks to capture the spirit of Occupy Wall Street by embodying the movement's open, collaborative structure.
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2011: The Year Social Media Gave Traditional Publishers a Pedestal
Sites such as YouTube, StumbleUpon, and Twitter have rolled out redesigns that give established media outlets a special place
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How The CIA Uses Social Media to Track How People Feel
In a nondescript building in Virginia, analysts are tracking millions of tweets, blog posts, and Facebook updates from around the world
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Highlights From Our Twitter Chat With Joe Hill on 'Heart-Shaped Box'
Readers discuss the hilarity of our October 1book140 selection
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Man of Science, Man of Faith
As the executive director of the non-profit BioLogos Foundation, biologist Darrel Falk struggles daily to strike a delicate balance between two forces: science and religion
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Old, Very Weird Tech: An Apparatus for Centrifugal Birthing
A patent from 1965 for a machine that would rotate a woman to help propel a child out of her with less effort
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Cloud-Powered Facial Recognition Is Terrifying
By harnessing the vast wealth of publicly available cloud-based data, researchers are taking facial recognition technology to unprecedented levels
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Highlights From Our Twitter Chat With Taylor Branch on the NCAA Cartel
Pulitzer prize-winner Taylor Branch fields questions via Twitter about "The Shame of College Sports."
