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Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
Here are the best quotes we heard from our sources today. (Click through to read the full stories.)
Neil Strauss (pictured above), author of The Game, a book about pickup artists, and now The Truth: “I thought I was a nice guy, I really did, you know?”
Jason Wright, an astronomer, on a mysterious cluster of objects orbiting a distant star: “This looked like something you would expect an alien civilization to build.”
Bill Gates, philanthropist and tech magnate: “We need an energy miracle. That may make it seem too daunting to people, but miracles in science are happening all the time.”
(Previous quotes from our sources here)
About the Author
Rosa Inocencio Smith is a former assistant editor at The Atlantic.