Continuing our modest effort to join in the celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary, we ask this week whether the United States was founded as a Christian nation.

Tao: Today there are a lot of very tedious types of mathematics that we don’t like doing, so we look for clever ways to get ...

The Great Unconformity is a major gap in Earth's geologic record. The missing layer between Precambrian and Cambrian rocks ...

In our November 2025 issue, The Atlantic revisited Washington and his associates, amassing a team of 24 journalists, historians, and critics to fill in the blank corners of American history and add ...

John Davidson, the subject of the biopic "I Swear," shouted the N-word at the "Sinners" costars as they presented at the ...

This puzzle is known as the problem of time, and it remains one of the most persistent obstacles to a unified theory of physics. Despite enormous progress in cosmology and particle physics, we still ...

A new Trump banner outside the Justice Department evokes authoritarian regimes and signals that it is now wholly loyal to the ...

The comparison focused on three-dimensional geometry rather than decoration. This matters because cartonnage masks were often shaped in molds: If two objects were formed in the same mold, they can ...

At first blush, the structures in New Mexico built by the Chacoan people and those in Ohio traced to the Hopewell culture bear little resemblance. The ...

An engaging look at how geometric principles, developed thousands of years ago, continue to shape architecture, engineering, art, and modern science.