You're one of the first people who's never lived in a world without the International Space Station.
In our January/February 2015 issue, Charles Fishman wrote about the oddity of daily life on the station and the value of its continued operation.
Around the time you were born, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested and charged with spying for Russia for more than two decades.
In February 2007, the editors published a collection of Atlantic articles on renegade intelligence agents.
You were born in February of 2001. This year, The Atlantic celebrates its 160th birthday, making it 7 times as old as you.
The year you were born, David Brooks wrote about how deep the divisions between Red and Blue America really ran, just three months after 9/11.
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At 3 years old, you began learning about the world just as we were reaching the outer solar system.
With NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission in 2005, humans landed a probe in the outer reaches of the solar system for the first time, a moment Ross Andersen called the most glorious mission in the history of planetary science.
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When you turned 7, you witnessed the election of Barack Obama.
The legacy of the first African American couple in the White House would be a major focus of The Atlantic.
Your life can be divided into two halves: before and after turn-by-turn cellphone navigation.
In September 2012, Alexis C. Madrigal wrote about the technology behind Google's detailed directions.
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This is what Hollywood thought teenagers looked like the year you became one.
The Fault in Our Stars was released in 2014.
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In 2014, Mo'ne Davis, who was born the same year as you, became the first girl to pitch a shut out game in the Little League World Series.
In August 2013, Hilary Levey Friedman wrote about how parents pick the sports their daughters play.
By the time you turn 19, scientists estimate it will no longer be possible to keep global temperatures from rising at least 1.5 degrees Celsius.
In December 2015, Robinson Meyer wrote about why scientists had accepted this fact.
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