The Wonder Reader
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Natalia Lebedinskaia / Getty What Kids Can Bring to Conversations
One thing you quickly learn when speaking with a child: They’re natural philosophers.
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Marcel Christ / Gallery Stock Milk’s Identity Crisis
The ubiquity of plant-based alternatives has challenged ideas about what the word encompasses.
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Peter Marlow / Magnum The ‘Subtler Truth’ of American Happiness
One simple key to joy doesn’t exist.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters How Being Busy Became a Status Symbol
“If time is a luxury, why don’t we flaunt it?”
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Getty; The Atlantic The Future of Chocolate
Savor your favorites while you can.
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Gary Shteyngart for The Atlantic Into the Unknown
Our writers’ journeys into new communities, ways of thinking, and ways of being
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Millennium / Gallery Stock What Restaurant Behavior Says About a Person
Dining out can be an opportunity to see a human being at their hungriest, their showiest, or their most human.
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Brian Finke / Gallery Stock The Inner World of the Teen
Their stage of life defies clear categorization.
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Chris J. Ratcliffe / Getty How to Teach the Thrill of Reading
Attention spans, attitudes, and education all affect the way we read.
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Olena Ruban / Getty The Mysteries Around Us
A collection of Atlantic weekend reads on the enigmas in our midst
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Imagno / Getty Can Anyone Learn to Sing?
How the singing voice actually works, and what humans can create when we sing together
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David Gray / Reuters / The Atlantic The Politics of Noise and Silence
“Silence was more than the absence of noise; it was an aesthetic to be revered,” Xochitl Gonzalez wrote in 2022.
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Damir Sagolj / Reuters How to Disagree Better
Our writers’ perspectives on arguing and communicating in healthier ways
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Francois Lenoir / Reuters Why Productivity Makes Us So Anxious
Our writers’ most helpful insights on getting things done without stressing about them too much.
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David Gregg / Getty How Relationships Grow, and How They Break
Reading about others’ experiences can help us navigate the complexities of love and care.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Getty Why ‘Adulthood’ Is Impossible to Define
The markers of “growing up” are constantly evolving.
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Catherine Falls Commercial / Getty How Winter Wear Has Changed
In some ways, dressing for inclement weather is harder than it used to be.
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Hulton Deutsch / Getty What Boredom Actually Means
The virtues and frustrations of being bored
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Alexey Boldin / Shutterstock / The Atlantic How We Talk
Texting, calling, voice notes, group chats: Humans’ relationship to the phone is constantly evolving.
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Ken Harding / BIPs / Getty A Better Way to Make New Year’s Resolutions
In the quest for personal change, the method matters.
