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Rogelio V. Solis / AP Looking for Solar Panels on Distant Planets
If alien civilizations exist, could we spot their industrial footprints in space?
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Eben Kirksey The Man Who Smelled Like Rancid Creamed Corn to Usher In a New Scientific Era
Over the past decade, a group of HIV activists has helped pioneer gene therapy.
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Reuters The CRISPR Baby Scandal Gets Worse by the Day
The alleged creation of the world's first gene-edited infants was full of technical errors and ethical blunders. Here are the 15 most damning details.
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Mary Evans / UNITED ARTISTS / Ronald Grant ... The Untold Labor That Helped Make Charlie Chaplin’s Film Scores
A new book shows that many of the director’s musical achievements were the result of unrecognized collaboration.
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Fernando Vergara / AP Science Is Getting Less Bang for Its Buck
Despite vast increases in the time and money spent on research, progress is barely keeping pace with the past. What went wrong?
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Peter Nicholls / Reuters Brexit Crisis. Theresa May in Trouble. Rinse. Repeat.
The same factors that have helped her weather past crises could help her again.
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Patrick T. Fallon / Getty Kentucky Is Turning to Drones to Fix Its Unsolved-Murder Crisis
Only 52 percent of the state’s homicides result in an arrest when the victim is black. Could automating police work help?
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Brad Penner / AP Why Eli Manning Is Still a Giant
He’s maybe the least respected good quarterback there ever was. But for all his obvious faults, no one can say he fell short of expectations.
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Eric Risberg / AP Tech Billionaires’ Obligation to the Cities Around Them
California voters are being asked to tax big corporations to solve local problems. But is that the companies’ responsibility?
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Petarg / Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Main Suspect Behind an Ominous Spike in a Polio-like Illness
A common virus seems to be behind a puzzling condition that’s paralyzing children, but uncertainties remain.
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Roberto “Bear” Guerra / High Country News A California Mayor Wants His Beach Town to Retreat From the Shore
In Imperial Beach, a dramatic solution to coastal flooding
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Jeff Chiu / AP A Long-Term Solution for Scooter Sharing
San Francisco’s scooters are back, and newly regulated. But is regulation enough to make them work in the long term?
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sezer66 / Shutterstock / The Atlantic How iRacing Is Democratizing Motorsports
These days, amateur speed enthusiasts can use digital simulators to compete against the car-racing industry’s biggest stars. The e-sports arena is a playground for gamers, pros, and talent scouts alike.
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Found Image Holdings / Getty Boom Town Explodes the Notion of ‘Flyover’ Territory
Sam Anderson’s ambitious new book about Oklahoma City reanimates a place that has too often been portrayed as simplistic.
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Albin Lohr-Jones / Sipa via AP / Thanh ... The Democrat Who Could Lead Trump’s Impeachment Isn’t Sure It’s Warranted
If the House flips, Representative Jerry Nadler would head the committee that could try to oust the president. But he’ll have to be convinced first.
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Stefano Rellandini / Reuters Italy Defied Starbucks—Until It Didn’t
The chain has opened its first outfit in Milan. But does “the country of coffee” really need it?
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters How Misinfodemics Spread Disease
Researchers are finding more and more that online misinformation fuels the spread of diseases such as tooth decay, Ebola, and measles.
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Toru Hanai / Reuters The Jordan Peterson All-Meat Diet
The famous psychologist and his daughter swear by a regimen of eating only beef. Restriction can provide a sense of order in a world of chaos—but at what point does restriction become a disorder?
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Reuters The Sex-Abuse Scandal Has Come for Pope Francis
A letter calling for his resignation shows how serious his crisis of credibility has become.
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Anton Vaganov / Reuters Punishing Putin Just Makes Him Stronger
Tougher sanctions will only make him double down on antagonizing the West.
