The Atlantic

October 2023 Highlights

A round-up of highlights of some of the month's most popular articles from The Atlantic.

Curated byEditors at The Atlantic

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How Scientists Are Teaching Computers to Smell

We all know the smell of freshly baked bread, or chocolate, or summer rain, but could you begin to describe these aromas to others, including a computer?

How Scientists Are Teaching Computers to Smell

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Put Your Money to Work for the Climate

There’s a lot we can do to help the fight against climate change, including where we invest our money.

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The Dark Triad Personality

Have you ever met someone who at first seems to be great but turns out to be quite the opposite?

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AI’s Hotness Problem

Caroline Mimbs Nyce examines why AI is so obsessed with creating exceptionally good-looking people.

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Taylor Swift to the Rescue

David Sims writes about how Taylor Swift’s movie has saved the movie theater experience despite a lack of care from Hollywood after the writers and actors’ strikes.

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