Ross Andersen
@rossandersen.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The Atlantic // Working on a book for Random House // Rep’d by Elyse Cheney // ross@theatlantic.com
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Ross Andersen
@rossandersen.bsky.social
· Mar 25
Beyond thrilled to learn that my essay ‘Do Animals Know That They Will Die’ will be in this year’s Best American Science and Nature Writing.
This was extra meaningful because the piece was chosen by @susanorlean.bsky.social and @jaimealyse.bsky.social, two writers whose work I absolutely adore.
This was extra meaningful because the piece was chosen by @susanorlean.bsky.social and @jaimealyse.bsky.social, two writers whose work I absolutely adore.
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It's pub day for the latest edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing! Honored to have my work featured along so many other writers I admire, incl @rossandersen.bsky.social @rebeccagiggs.bsky.social @bengoldfarb.bsky.social @sarahzhang.bsky.social Emma Marris & more. Congrats to all!
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It's pub day for the latest edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing! Honored to have my work featured along so many other writers I admire, incl @rossandersen.bsky.social @rebeccagiggs.bsky.social @bengoldfarb.bsky.social @sarahzhang.bsky.social Emma Marris & more. Congrats to all!
Can’t think of another artist who so purely transmitted the feeling of longing into music. RIP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_2...
D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel) (Live @ Zénith Paris) [2012-01-29]
YouTube video by foxysoul94
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October 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Can’t think of another artist who so purely transmitted the feeling of longing into music. RIP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_2...
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Every Sunday I try to catch up on reading long form articles. This one from @rossandersen.bsky.social about animals and mortality has been on my "to read" list for about a year.
Finally read it and I high recommend! 🐘
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Finally read it and I high recommend! 🐘
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Do Animals Know That They Will Die?
An existential mystery
www.theatlantic.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Every Sunday I try to catch up on reading long form articles. This one from @rossandersen.bsky.social about animals and mortality has been on my "to read" list for about a year.
Finally read it and I high recommend! 🐘
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Finally read it and I high recommend! 🐘
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
She snapped
I became a Revolutionary War reenactor for work! I went to Massachusetts and I couldn’t wear makeup!!! 😭 War is HELL
I Fought the Battle of Bunker Hill
What it takes to be a Revolutionary War reenactor
www.theatlantic.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
She snapped
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Through deep time and space, the possibilities of life are endless. Writer, Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) challenges the past as we look to the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Through deep time and space, the possibilities of life are endless. Writer, Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) challenges the past as we look to the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
"A Cosmic Voyage Through Deep Time" is streaming now. Listen and subscribe to Futurology podcast 🎧
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Atlantic Writer Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) asks the questions shaping the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.
September 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Atlantic Writer Ross Andersen (@rossandersen.bsky.social) asks the questions shaping the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN31...
In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater.bsky.social) about time defining the evolution of intelligent life.
An unusually vivid look at the state of the art in drone warfare in Ukraine
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Ukraine’s Most Lethal Soldiers
From the front lines in Kherson, with a unit that kills Russians for points
www.theatlantic.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
An unusually vivid look at the state of the art in drone warfare in Ukraine
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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"We can’t say what dogs’ preferences might be under different circumstances. But we do know that they have not chosen all of the intimacies that we impose upon them." go read @rossandersen.bsky.social's latest
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Are Humans Watching Animals Too Closely?
Some may crave a little privacy, even your dog.
www.theatlantic.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"We can’t say what dogs’ preferences might be under different circumstances. But we do know that they have not chosen all of the intimacies that we impose upon them." go read @rossandersen.bsky.social's latest
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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Thank you @rossandersen.bsky.social for a gorgeously written (alternately funny and distressing) story that has created a new intrusive thought for me: Does my dog have enough privacy???? www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Are Humans Watching Animals Too Closely?
Some may crave a little privacy, even your dog.
www.theatlantic.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thank you @rossandersen.bsky.social for a gorgeously written (alternately funny and distressing) story that has created a new intrusive thought for me: Does my dog have enough privacy???? www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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Had the great pleasure of reviewing @peterbrannen.bsky.social’s extraordinary new book (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...
An Environmental Villain, Reconsidered
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Had the great pleasure of reviewing @peterbrannen.bsky.social’s extraordinary new book (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...
"The reasons monstrously abusive relationships persist between people are as complex, I think, as the mathematics of turbulence."
harpers.org/archive/2013...
harpers.org/archive/2013...
Sliver of Sky, by Barry Lopez
Confronting the trauma of sexual abuse
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August 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"The reasons monstrously abusive relationships persist between people are as complex, I think, as the mathematics of turbulence."
harpers.org/archive/2013...
harpers.org/archive/2013...
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The AI doomers are not alright. Is it time to listen?
The AI Doomers Are Getting Doomier
The industry’s apocalyptic voices are becoming more panicked—and harder to dismiss.
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The AI doomers are not alright. Is it time to listen?
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I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
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If you're in DC next Wednesday, August 27, I'm very excited to be talking about the book with my friend @rossandersen.bsky.social at the Wharf Politics & Prose
August 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If you're in DC next Wednesday, August 27, I'm very excited to be talking about the book with my friend @rossandersen.bsky.social at the Wharf Politics & Prose
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"Not since the Red Scare .. has American science been so beholden to political ideology." I'm late to this brilliant @rossandersen.bsky.social piece, but it's a must-read (gift link): www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End
America’s run as the premier techno-superpower may be over.
www.theatlantic.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Not since the Red Scare .. has American science been so beholden to political ideology." I'm late to this brilliant @rossandersen.bsky.social piece, but it's a must-read (gift link): www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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20 years ago this month, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. For so many New Orleanians, our lives are demarcated by this moment. If someone ask you about an event or memory from the past, we say “was it before or after the storm?” On this twentieth anniversary, I wrote about going back home.
Twenty Years After the Storm
What home meant before, and after, Hurricane Katrina
www.theatlantic.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
20 years ago this month, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. For so many New Orleanians, our lives are demarcated by this moment. If someone ask you about an event or memory from the past, we say “was it before or after the storm?” On this twentieth anniversary, I wrote about going back home.
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This reads a bit like an obituary for American science. Or a murder story from the crime beat.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End
America’s run as the premier techno-superpower may be over.
www.theatlantic.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This reads a bit like an obituary for American science. Or a murder story from the crime beat.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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The attack on our universities, the lack of respect for education and expertise, the attack on medical research to keep us healthy, what purpose does it serve? It makes our country weaker.
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End
America’s run as the premier techno-superpower may be over.
www.theatlantic.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The attack on our universities, the lack of respect for education and expertise, the attack on medical research to keep us healthy, what purpose does it serve? It makes our country weaker.
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"Every scientific empire falls, but not at the same speed, or for the same reasons."
Fascinating article on the history of scientific empires. Soviet science, at its zenith in the mid-1950s, collapsed entirely in the late 1980s. And now American science has begun its collapse.
Gift link.
Fascinating article on the history of scientific empires. Soviet science, at its zenith in the mid-1950s, collapsed entirely in the late 1980s. And now American science has begun its collapse.
Gift link.
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End
America’s run as the premiere techno-superpower may be over.
www.theatlantic.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"Every scientific empire falls, but not at the same speed, or for the same reasons."
Fascinating article on the history of scientific empires. Soviet science, at its zenith in the mid-1950s, collapsed entirely in the late 1980s. And now American science has begun its collapse.
Gift link.
Fascinating article on the history of scientific empires. Soviet science, at its zenith in the mid-1950s, collapsed entirely in the late 1980s. And now American science has begun its collapse.
Gift link.
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“The future of Soviet science was looking grim…One by one, he watched them start new lives elsewhere. Many…went to the U.S. At the time, America was the most compelling destination for scientific talent in the world. It would remain so until earlier this year” www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End
America’s run as the premier techno-superpower may be over.
www.theatlantic.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
“The future of Soviet science was looking grim…One by one, he watched them start new lives elsewhere. Many…went to the U.S. At the time, America was the most compelling destination for scientific talent in the world. It would remain so until earlier this year” www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, writes @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage: https://theatln.tc/6OLrjo4V
August 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, writes @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage: https://theatln.tc/6OLrjo4V
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Terrific piece. A must-read for academics:
"Not since the Red Scare...has American science been so beholden to political ideology."
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
"Not since the Red Scare...has American science been so beholden to political ideology."
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End
America’s run as the premiere techno-superpower may be over.
www.theatlantic.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Terrific piece. A must-read for academics:
"Not since the Red Scare...has American science been so beholden to political ideology."
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
"Not since the Red Scare...has American science been so beholden to political ideology."
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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Such a smart and important one from @rossandersen.bsky.social
The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, argues @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:
How Scientific Empires End
And what it means for America
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July 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Such a smart and important one from @rossandersen.bsky.social