The Atlantic

Same chopped tomatoes and cucumbers — a morning staple in Israel and Turkey, a symbol of joyless dieting in America. How did one dish mean two oppo...

Only 631–780 humans have ever reached space. Here's the training gauntlet — and the mental toll — behind that number.

Tang ping, quiet quitting, and the N-po generation — what happens when people stop donating effort they were never paid for?

Degree inflation, a collapsing graduate premium, and the case that mass university was a costly detour.

A "sidelines" meeting sounds casual. It's actually a fully scripted format with its own rules — and the Greenland signing shows why the label matters.

Rockefeller cut kerosene prices by 90% — and the top 1% owned half of America. Both facts are true. So why can't we agree?

Is there a rent-a-crowd industry, and can you use it to make a 41st birthday feel like being remembered?