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
Delighted to have snuck this phrase into The Atlantic
September 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Delighted to have snuck this phrase into The Atlantic
Gift link here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
July 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Gift link here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Our August issue is given over to the 80th anniversary of that attack, and the dawning of the nuclear age. I’m so proud to be a part of it.
July 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Our August issue is given over to the 80th anniversary of that attack, and the dawning of the nuclear age. I’m so proud to be a part of it.
After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope still has the power to astonish - grateful to @kokogiak.bsky.social for putting its recent gems all in one place for us to peruse: www.theatlantic.com/photo/2025/0...
April 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope still has the power to astonish - grateful to @kokogiak.bsky.social for putting its recent gems all in one place for us to peruse: www.theatlantic.com/photo/2025/0...
For those who were particularly touched and saddened to learn that James still counted olo as his favorite color, despite not having seen it, some good news… (next post)
April 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For those who were particularly touched and saddened to learn that James still counted olo as his favorite color, despite not having seen it, some good news… (next post)
Justice for James Fong ✊🏻
April 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Justice for James Fong ✊🏻
(Sorry to dredge up press release discourse)
April 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
(Sorry to dredge up press release discourse)
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.
March 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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.
6/ Science has to be able to defend itself (fin)
March 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
6/ Science has to be able to defend itself (fin)
5/ He should really know better:
March 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
5/ He should really know better:
4/ It is not his beliefs that justify his expulsion, but rather his actions—his willingness to dismantle the institutions of science on Trump’s behalf:
March 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
4/ It is not his beliefs that justify his expulsion, but rather his actions—his willingness to dismantle the institutions of science on Trump’s behalf:
3/ Even Musk’s heresies on vaccines or climate change are not enough to throw him out
March 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
3/ Even Musk’s heresies on vaccines or climate change are not enough to throw him out
4/ But Musk is not just a climate or vaccine heretic. He is actively dismantling the great institutions of science:
March 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
4/ But Musk is not just a climate or vaccine heretic. He is actively dismantling the great institutions of science:
2/ Scientific institutions are understandably hesitant to expel people for political reasons
March 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
2/ Scientific institutions are understandably hesitant to expel people for political reasons
I wrote about smoke and smog and the meaning of an orange sky over Los Angeles
gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
January 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I wrote about smoke and smog and the meaning of an orange sky over Los Angeles
gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
I’ve spent a lot of time in Southern Utah during the last ~15 years, and it was a real pleasure to hold it in mind, day in and day out, while reporting this story
January 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’ve spent a lot of time in Southern Utah during the last ~15 years, and it was a real pleasure to hold it in mind, day in and day out, while reporting this story
And the background on *that scene*
December 7, 2024 at 6:19 PM
And the background on *that scene*
Headed to see INTERSTELLAR on an IMAX screen later today, and thinking about what Christopher Nolan told me last year about Coop’s orientation toward technology
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
December 7, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Headed to see INTERSTELLAR on an IMAX screen later today, and thinking about what Christopher Nolan told me last year about Coop’s orientation toward technology
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
(whispers) Hubble’s shot of the sombrero galaxy is prettier than JWST’s
November 25, 2024 at 3:39 PM
(whispers) Hubble’s shot of the sombrero galaxy is prettier than JWST’s