Ross Andersen

Washington, D.C.

Writer at The Atlantic

staff writer @theatlantic // writing a book for @randomhouse // rep’d by @elysecheney // [email protected]

Articles

Az olo extázisa - egy új szín születése

3 days ago | telex.hu | Ross Andersen

Az „olo” szín nincs rajta a Pantone színskálán. Kizárólag egy Észak-Kaliforniában található, szűkös, 10 négyzetméteres helyiségben tapasztalható meg. A Berkeley-i Kaliforniai Egyetem laboratóriumában lévő kis szobában egy méretes lencsékből és egyéb alkatrészekből álló szerkezet áll egy asztalon. Aki látni szeretné az olo színt, annak oda kell mennie az asztalhoz, rá kell harapnia egy fogvédőre, és igyekeznie kell minél stabilabban tartani a fejét.
Opinion: Elon Musk’s most alarming power grab

3 days ago | adn.com | Ross Andersen

When Elon Musk’s engineers bundled a batch of prototype satellites into a rocket’s nose cone six years ago, there were fewer than 2,000 functional satellites in Earth’s orbit. Many more would soon be on the way: All through the pandemic, and the years that followed, Musk’s company, SpaceX, kept launching them. More than 7,000 of his satellites now surround Earth like a cloud of gnats.
Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab

1 week ago | benton.org | Ross Andersen

When Elon Musk’s engineers bundled a batch of prototype satellites into a rocket’s nose cone six years ago, there were fewer than 2,000 functional satellites in Earth’s orbit. Many more would soon be on the way: More than 7,000 of his satellites now surround Earth like a cloud of gnats. This fleet, which works to provide space-based internet service to the ground, dwarfs those of all other private companies and nation-states put together.
Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab

1 week ago | theatlantic.com | Ross Andersen

When Elon Musk’s engineers bundled a batch of prototype satellites into a rocket’s nose cone six years ago, there were fewer than 2,000 functional satellites in Earth’s orbit. Many more would soon be on the way: All through the pandemic, and the years that followed, Musk’s company, SpaceX, kept launching them. More than 7,000 of his satellites now surround Earth like a cloud of gnats.
Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Ross Andersen

2 hours agoMore than 250 CEOs — from Fortune 500 companies to high-growth startups — have signed an open letter calling for mandatory computer science and AI education for K-12 students in U.S. schools. Without such training, they say, kids risk falling behind in a world driven by technology. Key Facts Leaders …
The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color

3 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Ross Andersen

The color “olo” can’t be found on a Pantone color chart. It can be experienced only in a cramped 9-by-13 room in Northern California. That small space, in a lab on the UC Berkeley campus, contains a large contraption of lenses and other hardware on a table. To see olo, you need to scootch up to the table, chomp down on a bite plate, and keep your head as steady as you can. A laser will be fired into one of your eyes, targeting more than a thousand of your cone cells.
About That ‘Possible Sign of Life’ on a Distant Planet

3 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Ross Andersen

Few forms of media can still grab the general public’s lapels and say, “The world has changed in an important way, and you should know about it, now” like a push notification from The New York Times. On Wednesday evening, a particularly enticing one from the Times flashed across millions of lock screens. “Astronomers detected a possible signature of life on a planet orbiting a star 120 light-years away,” it read.
Why Is Trump Mad at the Zoo?

1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Ross Andersen

The order came down late in the evening, when the orangutans, lions, and crocodiles would be resting. The next morning, March 28, the animals awoke to a new political reality: The world’s most powerful man had taken an acute interest in their place of lodging, the National Zoo. President Donald Trump had directed Vice President J. D.
北京

1 month ago | westca.com | Ross Andersen

编辑注：本文2020年3月26日发表于Matters，作者Andersen。题记：受新冠肺炎疫情影响，香港麦当劳于3月25日起至4月7日的两星期内，每晚6时起将不提供堂食，大批称为“麦难民”的露宿者因此忽而无处可容身。本地媒体的大幅报道，让我想起了2016年，我工作的第一年，在北京几个寒冬深夜，认识的他们。 2016年冬，寒潮围城，北京的夜像千钧的铁。东直门中粮广场24小时开放的麦当劳里，戴着紫色毛绒帽的屈强东，在暗黄灯下眉头紧锁。他坐在一片睡倒的人群之中，像一片折腰的草中固执伫立的茄子。我和同事，三个年轻人，开门，打破沉寂。他看着我们，抓了抓裹在军大衣里的行囊，似乎欲言又止。我跟他打招呼，问他在这做什么。他紧盯着我，说在等明天七点半回家的火车。北京火车站的候车室凌晨后不开放，它附近的通宵快餐店通常会睡满等次日车却不想花钱住旅店的人。我欲转身翻出相机做采访，屈强东以为我要走，于是连忙抓住了我的手。他像找到救星，开始焦急起来：“我在找我的儿子，求求你帮帮我！” 我怔了下，迅速给了我同事一个眼色。“你把他儿子的资料给我看一下。”...
LeBron James Cracks Down on the Press

1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Ross Andersen

I need you to watch this 13-second video of ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith walking to his courtside seat at a Los Angeles Lakers game. I need you to notice how Smith, perhaps the biggest voice in sports—in sheer decibels, if not reach—savors the see-and-be-seen pleasures of the courtside experience. That was two years ago. Now imagine how he might have floated into the Lakers’ home arena the night of March 6.