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Megan Garber

Megan Garber is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She was formerly an assistant editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab, where she wrote about innovations in the media.

Zyng! Facebook Buoys, Then Drowns, Its Fellow Social Networks

Zyng! Facebook Buoys, Then Drowns, Its Fellow Social Networks

Right now, things aren't looking too rosy for social networks not named "Facebook."… More »

The Tao of Shutterstock: What Makes a Stock Photo a Stock Photo?

The Tao of Shutterstock: What Makes a Stock Photo a Stock Photo?

And how do photographers know that I'll need a picture of the sun streaming through clouds?… More »

The Internet at the Dawn of Facebook

The Internet at the Dawn of Facebook

Back in 2004, the "World Wide Web" was dominated by Microsoft, AOL, and Jeeves.… More »

Humanity's Best Friend: How Dogs May Have Helped Humans Beat the Neanderthals

Humanity's Best Friend: How Dogs May Have Helped Humans Beat the Neanderthals

Over 20,000 years ago, humans won the evolutionary battle against Neanderthals. They may have had a little help from their best friends.… More »

Picture of the Day: Deep Blue Defeats Kasparov

Picture of the Day: Deep Blue Defeats Kasparov

It was an early test of human vs. machine. And the machine won.… More »

An Important Scientific Development (Featuring a Photo of an Orangutan Playing With an iPad)

An Important Scientific Development (Featuring a Photo of an Orangutan Playing With an iPad)

Tablets may hint at the next frontier in human-ape communication.… More »

Abraham Lincoln Did Not Invent Facebook: How a Guy and His Blog Fooled the Whole Wide Internet

Abraham Lincoln Did Not Invent Facebook: How a Guy and His Blog Fooled the Whole Wide Internet

Nate St. Pierre's web-friendly adventures with Honest Abe were literally too good to be true.… More »

Forget About It: Making the Internet More Like Our Brains

Forget About It: Making the Internet More Like Our Brains

The next wave of digital products won't just be about archiving the web; they'll be about destroying that archive.… More »

The Dead Dream of the Dirigible

The Dead Dream of the Dirigible

It's easy to forget now, but the airship was once the Flying Machine of the Future.… More »

The Latest 'Ordinary Thing That Will Probably Kill You'? Email

The Latest 'Ordinary Thing That Will Probably Kill You'? Email

Your inbox is stressing you out, a new study finds.… More »

Picture of the Day: The Varied Path of a Neutron Star

Picture of the Day: The Varied Path of a Neutron Star

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope traces the plot of the Vela Pulsar.… More »

Facebook Is Pretty Much Like the Rest of the World

Facebook Is Pretty Much Like the Rest of the World

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. On Facebook, though ...… More »

Meet the Digital Camera That Lets You Travel Through Time

Meet the Digital Camera That Lets You Travel Through Time

BlackBerry's new camera is trying to change, once again, what photography's all about.… More »

Organ Donation Is a Market Problem—and Facebook May Have Just Solved It

Organ Donation Is a Market Problem—and Facebook May Have Just Solved It

Facebook may have just solved a stubborn -- and heartbreaking -- public health problem.… More »

Is a Facebook Like Protected Under the First Amendment? A Court Says No

Is a Facebook Like Protected Under the First Amendment? A Court Says No

A hint at how First Amendment considerations will change as Americans express themselves, increasingly, online… More »

The Digital (Gender) Divide: Women Are More Likely Than Men to Have a Blog (and a Facebook Profile)

The Digital (Gender) Divide: Women Are More Likely Than Men to Have a Blog (and a Facebook Profile)

Girls may not run the world, but they dominate on the web.… More »

On Facebook, Your Privacy Is Your Friends' Privacy

On Facebook, Your Privacy Is Your Friends' Privacy

No man is an island. Especially on Facebook.… More »

Are You Neurotic? Your Facebook Profile Probably Gives You Away

Are You Neurotic? Your Facebook Profile Probably Gives You Away

New research suggests that social media sites can work as predicators of personality.… More »

The Digital Education Revolution, Cont'd: Meet TED-Ed's New Online Learning Platform

The Digital Education Revolution, Cont'd: Meet TED-Ed's New Online Learning Platform

TED's new tool lets teachers create customized lessons that revolve around web video.… More »

Health Blogger Could Be Jailed for Giving Health Advice While Unlicensed

Health Blogger Could Be Jailed for Giving Health Advice While Unlicensed

On the web, the line between "expert" and "licensed expert" is a thin one.… More »

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