This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. “You need to have your throat cut out and your decomposing, bug-infested body fed to wild pigs.” An anonymous ...

Online life changed the way we talk and write—then changed it again, and again, and so on, forever. This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to ...

Jacob Geller links games to art and politics through complex narratives and a combination of game footage, film, speaking to camera and a myriad of historical imagery.

The Alphabet “moonshot” project is launching a new chip to deliver high-speed internet with light instead of radio waves.

If you've ever struggled with writing an essay, you’re not alone. Whether it's a looming deadline, a difficult topic, or just ...