Remarkable People
Technology has shaped our world in a countless ways. Here we celebrate the people who develop, distribute and push those technologies to unprecedented limits.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance found after 107 years under the ice
The wreck of one of the most famous exploration ships in history has been located. Using a robotic submersible, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust has found Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, which was crushed in the Antarctic pack ice in 1915. -
Interview: Rocket-bike pilot Eddie Braun on his new Stuntman film
New Atlas was at Snake River Canyon five years ago when Eddie Braun spectacularly finished the terrifying rocket bike jump that nearly killed Evel Knievel. The event is now a gorgeous documentary on Disney+, and we sat down with Braun to reminisce. -
Big, bold and beautiful: The incredible art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude
The artist Christo recently passed away at the age of 84. For decades, he and his wife Jeanne-Claude made headlines with their striking and provocative artworks, such as installing a giant orange curtain between two mountain slopes in Colorado. -
How the invention of cut and paste helped change software forever
After the death of Larry Tesler this week, New Atlas takes a brief look back at the invention of those now-ubiquitous computer commands: cut, copy and paste. -
Beautiful microorganism illustrations celebrated in new book
A new book celebrating the science illustrations of Ernst Haeckel has launched on Kickstarter. The book features numerous drawings of microorganisms by the German zoologist and naturalist who identified thousands of new species during his career. -
Why Tim Berners-Lee didn't invent the internet
Whenever computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee makes the headlines, a significant minority of outlets inevitably, and wholly incorrectly, refer to him as “the inventor of the internet.” Here’s why they’re wrong.
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