Features
In-depth analysis and opinion from the worlds of science and emerging technology.
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The world's most powerful cars: 1,000-horsepower minimum
A live, updated list of the most powerful cars on the market today, covering all production cars claiming more than 1,000 horsepower. -
The Walther PPK, the classic spy gun that changed the game
In 1930, a new pistol went on sale that would revolutionize the firearms world. The Walther PPK helped introduce a number of technical features that quickly migrated throughout the industry to make it the most copied gun in the world. -
The Mozart Effect: Study affirms classical music reduces epileptic seizures
A new review has examined a dozen studies into the effect of Mozart’s music on epilepsy, finding the classical music may reduce the frequency of seizures. It rekindles an old pseudoscientific idea that listening to Mozart can make you smarter. -
The ups and downs of vertical cinema
Is it time to turn your TV on its side and embrace the future? Or is vertical video just a passing trend, fundamentally unsuited to how we want to watch things? -
Mulan vs. Tenet: The two films facing off for the future of cinema
Two very different $200-million-dollar films. Two release strategies. Two pathways to the future. The theatrical film industry has been decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and a pair of films could determine the fate of the definitive popular entertainment medium of the past century. -
Psilocybin & OCD: Can psychedelics treat obsessive compulsive disorder?
A new review is suggesting psilocybin may have great potential as a treatment for OCD. The review sums up the current evidence arguing psychedelic therapy should be effective for OCD in the same way it has shown efficacy treating depression and anxiety. -
75 years ago, the Trinity atomic bomb test changed the world forever
July 16 marks 75 years since of the first detonation of an atomic bomb. Now famous as the Trinity Test, the giant explosion was the culmination of the ultra-secret Manhattan project and would within weeks lead to the end of the Second World War. -
Millennial Mozart: The boundless creative genius of Jacob Collier
If we're to celebrate all forms of human endeavor here at New Atlas, then I don't want to go a minute longer without featuring this 25-year-old London polymathematical wunderkind who seems to be pushing against every boundary of music, all at once. -
Dark matter: What is it, how do we know it's there and will we find it?
There’s invisible, undetectable stuff all around us, and we call it dark matter. There’s plenty of evidence that this stuff is very real, but what exactly is dark matter? How do we know it’s there? And how are scientists looking for it?
