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Ross Andersen

@rossandersen.bsky.social
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Staff Writer at The Atlantic // Working on a book for Random House // Rep’d by Elyse Cheney // ross@theatlantic.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23/09/2026
A novel legal strategy represents a new front for the climate-change movement—if it holds up in court, @rossandersen.bsky.social reports: theatln.tc/WtjyezsD
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🧵 (1/3) For the past few months, I’ve been working on a big story about climate attribution research. This is the science that purports to link specific oil companies to extreme weather events. www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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An Existential Threat to the Oil Industry
Can the energy giants be held responsible for extreme weather?
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Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Very cool article by @rossandersen.bsky.social on the new archaeological and DNA evidence changing our understanding of human history. www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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The Human-Origin Story Is Being Radically Revised
New secrets from our past have been coming out in droves.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/08/2026
The discoveries of “ghost” ancestors, ancient tools, and hidden earthworks are redefining the story of human origins, @rossandersen.bsky.social writes:
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The Human-Origin Story Is Being Radically Revised
New secrets from our past have been coming out in droves.
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Since he's returned to office Trump has attacked the Smithsonian as "out of control" where everything discussed "is how horrible our country is, how bad slavery was." Lonnie Bunch has been the person who has put himself between Trump and the Smithsonian. This is the story of his work to protect it.
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First the Kennedy Center, Now the Smithsonian
How long can the museum system’s leader, Lonnie Bunch, survive?
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I wrote about the quest to invent new kinds of psychedelic experience www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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Magic Mushrooms, but Better
What if your next trip could be customized?
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I've spent months speaking to current & retired Black service members about being part of the military in this political moment. What I found were officers and soldiers despondent at the resurgence of racism, yet often insistent that they were fighting for what this country could be, not what it is.
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The Betrayal of Black Patriots
They devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome.
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Peter Coles 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇮🇪 @telescoper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Whichever of the purple dots you look at turns more purple.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19/05/2026
With AI wearables, even the average person might need to worry about their every move being recorded, @rossandersen.bsky.social writes. He reports on a growing list of technology that is cropping up to counter this surveillance:
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Everything You Do Is Being Recorded
Is there any way of fighting back?
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This is a story about life extension for dogs, in which my own pup makes several appearances www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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Your Next Dog May Live Longer
A new pill could soon extend dogs’ lives. How will that change our relationship with our pets?
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Matteo Wong @matteowong.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Claude Mythos Preview is, of course, a big deal for cybersecurity. But perhaps more importantly, the model brings into stark relief how AI companies are amassing more power and influence than nation-states. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 08/04/2026
The Most Beautiful Moment of the Artemis II Mission. It had little to do with science or celestial bodies; instead it was a moment shared by four curious, caring humans, united in purpose, far from home. [theatlantic.com]
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The Most Beautiful Moment of the Artemis II Mission
It’s all in a name.
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I wrote a tiny thing about the most beautiful moment of the Artemis II mission www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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The Most Beautiful Moment of the Artemis II Mission
It’s all in a name.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 06/04/2026
The astronauts on Artemis II have now traveled farther from Earth than any human before them. Last week, @rossandersen.bsky.social reported on the mission's historical gravitas:
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Why Doesn’t Anybody Realize We’re Going Back to the Moon?
On the ground at the Trump era’s most important space launch
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Last year, the Trump White House tried to cut funding for NASA’s science missions by 47 percent. Congress told them no, but now they’ve decided to try again. If they get their way, here’s roughly what it will look like:
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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Going to the moon is objectively awesome. Even when you don't land on it. I love this @rossandersen.bsky.social dispatch from the Artemis II launch: www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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Why Doesn’t Anybody Realize We’re Going Back to the Moon?
On the ground at the Trump era’s most important space launch
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
On the Florida bridge watching the new mission to the moon take off with @rossandersen.bsky.social and realizing that much of the nation may not be aware it's happening. www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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Why Doesn’t Anybody Realize We’re Going Back to the Moon?
On the ground at the Trump era’s most important space launch
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“Brad Kowalski, who lives nearby, told me that Trump should have at least come down to see it. “It’s significant that the son of a bitch isn’t here,” he said”
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I went to the moon launch and wrote about it Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Had a blast talking about the Artemis 2 launch with this crew bsky.app/profile/ians...
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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
In my history of science classes, I narrate how the U.S. system of doing science came to be dominant... @rossandersen.bsky.social's new essay will help round out this story by showing that such systems are fragile, don't last forever, and can be broken. www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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The Shocking Speed of China’s Scientific Rise
When will Chinese research pull ahead of the U.S.’s?
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Paul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"American science has been the envy of the planet since the Second World War at least, but it has recently gone into decline." www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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The Next Scientific Superpower
When will Chinese research pull ahead of ours?
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I wrote about the metascientists who will know first if and when China surpasses the U.S. in science www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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The Next Scientific Superpower
When will Chinese research pull ahead of ours?
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 13/03/2026
“Anthropic’s dispute with the Pentagon is a reminder that the people who create a powerful technology don’t usually get the final say in how it’s used.” Ross Andersen for @theatlantic.com
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Dario Amodei’s Oppenheimer Moment — The Atlantic
It came earlier than expected.
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I wrote about Dario’s Oppenheimer moment and the utopian dreams of the nuclear age www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Dario Amodei’s Oppenheimer Moment
It came earlier than expected.
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Jaime Green @jaimealyse.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
From an ignorant outsider perspective, NASA making the cuts before the budget passed (which it never did) felt so insane to me
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Damon Beres @damonberes.com · 01/03/2026
New details on the dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic; how the negotiations broke down, and a particular sticking point on AI in the cloud vs inside of edge systems. by @rossandersen.bsky.social / tip @techmeme.com
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Inside Anthropic’s Killer-Robot Dispute With the Pentagon
New details on precisely where the lines were drawn
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Bill Kuchman @billkuchman.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
"The big 'aliens exist' bets would make sense only if the traders actually believed that they would pan out, perhaps because they knew something about a hushed-up discovery that the rest of us are about to find out."
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Important point about AI and math in this excellent @matteowong.bsky.social interview with Terrance Tao www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I wrote about the coming prediction singularity www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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AI Is Getting Scary Good at Making Predictions
Even superforecasters are guessing that they’ll soon be obsolete.
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Michael Jackson was so good at creating the cinema of himself that the only striking images here are direct copies of those he already made bsky.app/profile/phil...
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
“For more than a century, scientific journals have been the pipes through which knowledge of the natural world flows into our culture. Now they’re being clogged with AI slop” www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
Peer review has met its match.
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Matteo Wong @matteowong.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Anthropic wants to be the AI industry's superego, but is caught between the pressures to be safe and fast, rigorous while being commercially successful. I profiled the company and its leadership, who seem earnest but torn, anxious but at times hubristic: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Anthropic Is at War With Itself
The AI company shouting about AI’s dangers can’t quite bring itself to slow down.
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Preach @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Glad this is being discussed more. It is a big problem. I think academic publishing needs a new paradigm. Science Is Drowning in AI Slop - Peer review has met its match www.theatlantic.com/science/2026... #AIslop #publishing #science #research #ethics
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Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
Peer review has met its match.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Wrote about the observers. The people standing by and filming and the risk they are taking to let the world see what is happening. It's crucial and its the only way to combat the lies and blatant propaganda. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Believe Your Eyes
People are risking their lives to document agents in Minneapolis.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
AI slop is everywhere in scientific publishing, we’re only catching the easy-to-detect stuff (like when you happen to peer review a manuscript with a AI-hallucinated reference of a paper you apparently wrote) www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
Peer review has met its match.
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Leigh Turner @leighturner.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
"For more than a century, scientific journals have been the pipes through which knowledge of the natural world flows into our culture. Now they’re being clogged with AI slop." www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
Peer review has met its match.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/01/2026
For more than a century, scientific journals have been the pipes through which knowledge of the natural world flows into our culture, @rossandersen.bsky.social writes—now they’re being clogged with AI slop:
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Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
Peer review has met its match.
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I wrote about the deluge of AI slop that is gushing into scientific discourse www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
Peer review has met its match.
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
In December, I traveled to Montgomery to visit the Legacy Museum, which traces the story of Black America from slavery to Jim Crow to mass incarceration. I wanted to understand how the museum & its affiliated sites were operating in a moment where so much of the history they present is under attack.
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The Power of Private Museums
The Equal Justice Initiative’s historical sites in Montgomery, Alabama, show what’s possible when history isn’t subject to federal funding cuts or executive orders.
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Ross Andersen @rossandersen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
👉🏼 www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End
America’s run as the premier techno-superpower may be over.
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Jiří Štěpán @siderorea.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
"The U.S. has led an unprecedented age of cosmic discovery. Now Trump is trying to bring that age to an end, and right at the moment when answers to our most profound existential questions finally seem to be within reach." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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An Act of Cosmic Sabotage
How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions
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Mike Dalessio @flavorjon.es · 11/01/2026
It made me so sad and angry to see these scientific budget cuts. We're eating our intellectual seed corn. NASA has to operate on timelines longer than a presidential term, this feel unrecoverable. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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An Act of Cosmic Sabotage
How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 10/01/2026
“The U.S. has led an unprecedented age of cosmic discovery. Now Trump is trying to bring that age to an end, and right at the moment when answers to our most profound existential questions finally seem to be within reach,” @rossandersen.bsky.social reports. theatln.tc/LThKw0kY
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Daniel Engber @engber.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Even NASA's potted plants have now withered and disappeared, after money was withdrawn for watering them. This tiny detail, evoking E.T., is one of many to remember from @rossandersen.bsky.social's latest feature... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on NASA’s Science Missions
During his first year back in office, the president tried to bring America’s age of discovery to an end.
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Riffy Bol @riffy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
"The teams of scientists and engineers that built America’s great space telescopes were being scattered. Staffers were told not to hold farewell gatherings during work hours, because they had become too numerous" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... via @theatlantic.com
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An Act of Cosmic Sabotage
How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions
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Longreads @longreads.com · 09/01/2026
"On Mars, in the belly of a rover named Perseverance, a titanium tube holds a stone more precious than any diamond or ruby on Earth." — @rossandersen.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com
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An Act of Cosmic Sabotage
How Donald Trump tried to ground NASA’s science missions
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