Megan Garber
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.
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The Surprising Reason Oklahoma Doesn't Have Enough Tornado Shelters
Yesterday's tornado was deadly not just because of the vagaries of the sky. It was deadly, too, because of the fickleness of the ground.
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8 Tools We Used to Navigate the World Around Us Before GPS and Smartphones
A new Smithsonian exhibit takes on the history of "getting from here to there."
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Your Local Newspaper, Delivered By Drones
Plans to use robots to replace humans in package delivery, in France and beyond.
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Maps
A Map of the Entire Universe
The Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB, was imprinted on the sky when the universe was young.
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Archives
Before Cities Had Street Lights, They Had Giant Towers That Mimicked the Moon
When electricity was new, town leaders looked to "moonlight towers" to provide mass illumination.
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The Car That Got Stuck Going 125 mph ... for an Hour
A real-world screening of Speed ended with a small miracle of bureaucratic coordination.
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Attention Ladies of Paris: It Just Became Legal for You to Wear Pants
More than 200 years after it was initially drafted, the law was repealed. By a lady. Who may or may not have been wearing pants.
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Why All of Grand Central's Clocks Are Wrong
The secret to catching a train there, revealed.
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Charts
55 Acronyms That Show Why We Should Be Scared for Our Coastlines
VBZD? "Vector-borne and zoonotic disease." SLCS? "Sea level change scenarios." CSO? "Combined sewer overflow."
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Yep, There's an Underwater Hotel
Dig a night in a luxe stationary submarine? This is the place for you.
