Storytelling is now a top career skill. Students who learn to explain their work and impact early gain a major advantage in ...

For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it.

Warren Buffett is renowned for his investment advice. But the billionaire, who is retiring later this month at age 95, also is a font of spiritual wisdom.

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Across American campuses, the blue exam booklet is suddenly back in fashion. Faced with a surge of AI-assisted cheating, ...

Learn how to plant, care for, and force the bulbs of your paperwhites. They're great gifts for the holidays or all year long.

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First, here are four new stories from The Atlantic’s Books section: A different kind of materialism The return of MAGA’s ...

Mind-body coach Dana Santas shows how you can create strength gains without gym equipment by progressing body-weight exercises safely and effectively.

Whenever he got stuck, I answered his questions, drawing either on my own programming knowledge or on A.I. He finished a rudimentary version of the game in about an hour. In the following weeks, with ...

A new course in the College is allowing first-years to put that idea into practice as part of “Inquiry, Conversation, ...

This review is part of a preview of the winter 2026 issue of Academe. The issue will be released in full in February.