The Message Voyager 1 Carries for Alien Civilizations
The "Golden Record" aboard the interstellar spacecraft is a time capsule of humanity, sent from 1977 to the distant future. More »
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Megan Garber is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She was formerly an assistant editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab, where she wrote about innovations in the media.
The "Golden Record" aboard the interstellar spacecraft is a time capsule of humanity, sent from 1977 to the distant future. More »
An explainer starring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Wil Wheaton, LeVar Burton, and other space celebrities More »
#Rocketfrog is only the latest amphibian to get a taste of space. More »
This brings a whole new meaning to "amphibious vehicle." More »
Smartphone's aren't just computers masquerading as telephones; they're also, increasingly, cameras masquerading as computers. More »
The McMillans had a vague sense that gadgets were cheating their children of their childhoods. So they turned to a drastic solution. More »
In honor of "Titstare," an ode: to the soft bigotry of bro expectations More »
A new website transforms the unions of the social elite into interactive datasets. More »
The images the world has been seeing for the past 15 years come to us via the Nevada desert. More »
Is propaganda really propaganda when any old web user can challenge its message? More »
When nature and infrastructure collide, things can get slippery. More »
Can you tip a car over? No? Then you probably can't tip over a cow. More »
The wonders of amateur photography, Telluride Film Festival edition More »
Through our screens, our attention is public in a way it's never been before. More »
A tour of the late '90s, when N'Sync was n'style and phones like Nokia's were the status symbol of the moment More »
A review of Nokia products over the past 150 years reads like a review of the history of recent technology. More »
Among them: "the ten-pin," "the cross," and "the rainbow" More »
Guest-starring white people, children, baguettes, and glockenspiels More »
Meet the sphere that rotates 500,000 times faster than the average washing machine. More »
