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The Great Divorce
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (226+ words) The marriage between Europe and the United States has been fraught from the first'and now, it might be coming apart. Initially it was a rescue, and then a romance. But then Sam seemed to undergo a personality change. He became…...
What Gene Kelly Taught Me About How to Be a Dad
2+ week, 5+ day ago (194+ words) Breaking:The U.S. has attacked Venezuela and captured its leader, Nicol's Maduro. Read our full coverage. I thought I was okay, until I started watching musicals with my daughter'and couldn't stop crying. I had expected fatherhood to change me. I knew…...
How About a Little Less Screen Time for the Grown-Ups
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (1896+ words) It's not just kids who can't stop scrolling. Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Are your parents addicted to their phone? In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel explores how technology is affecting an older generation of adults. Instead…...
Do Your Parents Have a Screen-Time Problem?
1+ mon, 12+ hour ago (283+ words) The phone-based retirement is here. Over the past year, I asked people to share their stories with me. "I am constantly begging my mom to put her phone down, every time I see her she is just mindlessly scrolling. I…...
Australia’s Grand Social-Media Experiment
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (192+ words) Australia is the first country to take such sweeping action, but many countries, including the United States, are considering age-gating social media in similar ways. "We know the world will be ... Will the country ever know for sure if banning…...
Stop Trying to Make the Humanities ‘Relevant’
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (162+ words) For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it. Humanities departments seem to be in perpetual crisis. Fewer students are enrolling in them. The Trump administration is cutting their funding. Smartphones and…...
The New Learning Curve
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1034+ words) A conversation with Khan Academy's founder and CEO about what happens when artificial intelligence meets emotional intelligence in the classroom. By Leigh Belz Ray " Illustrations by Klaus Kremmerz In just a few short years, AI has gone from pilot program…...
When Chatbots Break Our Minds
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1932+ words) How big a problem is "AI psychosis? Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube The Atlantic entered into a corporate partnership with OpenAI in 2024. Kashmir Hill: The way I've been thinking about kind of the delusion stuff is the way that…...
Elite Colleges Have an Extra-Time-on-Tests Problem
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (322+ words) Accommodations in higher education were supposed to help disabled Americans enjoy the same opportunities as everyone else. How did they become another way for wealthy students to gain an advantage? The Americans With Disabilities Act, passed in 1990, was meant to…...
2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (76+ words) Welcome to the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar, featuring remarkable images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope. Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe. Welcome to the 18th annual Space…...