The Second Soviet In Space
The story of Gherman Titov, the “bad boy cosmonaut turned elder statesman of space”.
When a Mars Simulation Goes Wrong
A piece examining a simulation of life on Mars, taking place on a volcano in Hawaii. http://bit.ly/atlantic-mars
The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought
A behind the scenes account of Travis Kalanick’s defenestration from his role as Uber’s CEO. The piece provides insights into the delicate power balance between executives and their company boards. Recent events do though help to put Kalanick’s ‘fall’ in context – an investment in Uber by Japanese firm Softbank has recently been agreed, netting him an estimated $1.4bn.
The Catch 22 of Hacktivism
Hacktivists use open source technology and publicly available information to investigate political and military activity – this piece looks into the problems their activities throw up.
The Crimes of SEAL Team 6
A highly charged investigative piece, two years in the making, that alleges that one of the US military’s most celebrated units committed war crimes.
The World Is a Thriving Slaughterhouse
A reporter looks back through his archive, at his notes from Hiroshima, Cambodia, Northern Ireland and elsewhere. He recalls the stories on which he reported, and the people he met.
Lost At Sea
The story of a couple who were on an American commercial ship sunk by a German U-Boat early in the war.
How one man died so a whale might live
The story of Joe Howlett, a disentangler who worked helping whales in distress. It is also a story about the killing of whales, and their conservation.
The Women Who Took on the Mafia
The tale of the prosecutor and witnesses who took on the corrosive power of the ÕNdrangheta. http://bit.ly/newyorker-mafia
Down the Breitbart Hole
A timely profile of Breitbart and its 31 year old editor-in-chief Alexander Marlow.