AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar10 hours agoDaniel Kahneman Wanted You to Realize How Wrong You Areverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Daniel EngberThe late psychologist gave the world an extraordinary gift: admitting his mistakes. I first met Daniel Kahneman about 25 years ago. I’d applied to graduate school in neuroscience at Princeton University, where he was on the faculty, and I was sitting in his office for an interview. Kahneman, who …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar1 day agoA Drug Half as Good as Ozempic for One-30th the Priceverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Daniel EngberNew obesity drugs are remarkable. But few people realize how useful the old ones can be. “In my lifetime, I never dreamed that we would be talking about medicines that are providing hope for people like me,” Oprah Winfrey says at the top of her recent prime-time special on obesity. The program, …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarDon’t Miss This Eclipseverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Marina KorenThe United States won’t see totality like this again until 2045. Right now, a special cosmic arrangement is sliding into place. The moon has positioned itself on the same side of Earth as the sun. The moon has drawn closer to Earth, and its orbit is tilted just so. On April 8, our silvery satellite …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar3 days agoMost of This Island Disappeared in Just a Decadeverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Tommy TrenchardThere were once 500 homes on Nyangai Island. Now, as sea levels rise, there are fewer than 100. This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. Before the sea started taking house-size bites out of Nyangai, this small tropical island off the coast of Sierra Leone hummed with activity. I …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatar5 days agoAmerica’s Climate Boomtowns Are Waitingverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Abrahm LustgartenRising temperatures could push millions of people north. As my airplane flew low over the flatlands of western Michigan on a dreary December afternoon, sunbursts splintered the soot-toned clouds and made mirrors out of the flooded fields below. There was plenty of rain in this part of the Rust …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarA Glowing Petunia Could Radicalize Your View of Plantsverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Zoë SchlangerA bioluminescent petunia could help people recognize plants for the complex creatures they are. The gallon pot of white petunias I held on an otherwise ordinary subway train, on an otherwise ordinary Thursday in March, would have looked to anyone else like an ordinary houseplant. But I knew better. …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarExtreme Heat Toasted the Caribbean’s Coralsverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Lisa S. GardinerSix months later, the bleached corals are still recovering. This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine. In the Northern Hemisphere, the summer of 2023 was the hottest on record. In the Caribbean, coral reefs sat in sweltering water for months—stewing in a dangerous marine heat wave that …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarJoe Biden and Donald Trump Have Thoughts About Your Next Carverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Zoë SchlangerGet ready for the EV election. The Biden administration earlier today issued a major new rule intended to spur the country’s electric-vehicle industry and slash future sales of new gas-powered cars. The rule is not a ban on gas cars, nor does it mandate electric-vehicle sales. It is a new emissions …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarHow Long Should a Species Stay on Life Support?verified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Katherine J. WuDecades into their recovery program, black-footed ferrets still don’t have a clear-cut path to leaving the endangered-species list. At about 3:30 a.m., four hours into our drive, Travis Livieri’s phone began to thrum. “I’ve got a ferret for you,” a voice crackled through the static. The animal in …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarThe Most Powerful Rocket in History Had a Good Morningverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Marina KorenSpaceX’s latest Starship mission flew farther than before—and tested technology that could elevate humankind’s spacefaring status. SpaceX has once again launched the most powerful rocket in history into the sky, and this time, the mission seems to have passed most of its key milestones. Starship …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarCrows Are the New Pigeonsverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Tove DanovichThey’re flocking to cities for the same reasons people do. Every night as dusk falls in Portland, Oregon, the sky fills with birds. While workers make their way from the city center toward their homes, crows leave the suburban lawns where they’ve spent the day picking for grubs to fly downtown. They …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarFruit Chaos Is Comingverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Zoë SchlangerClimate change is threatening to turn sublime summer stone fruits disgusting, or rob us of their pleasures entirely. Summer, to me, is all about stone fruit: dark-purple plums, peaches you can smell from three feet away. But last summer, I struggled to find peaches at the farmers’ markets in New …