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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Kalyanam Shivkumar, a cardiologist at UCLA, about his push to create a new anatomical atlas after discovering the one used by doctors for decades was made by the Nazis.

Galaxy NGC3799 lies around 16 million light years from Earth. Any event observed today within that galaxy took place 16 million years ago. One such event was observed in February 2023 when a surge in brightness in the core was followed by a rapid dimming. The observations that followed revealed that the event was a…

If your partner is a coffee connoisseur and a chocolate lover then we've got the perfect gift idea for you. This year, Atlas Coffee Club is offering $10 off an iconic gift set that combines two great loves: coffee and chocolate. The delicious duo will make the perfect Valentine's Day gift for your partner or…

An NIH-led effort to create an atlas of human brain cells will help researchers understand autism, ADHD, and schizophrenia. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on October 12, 2023.)

Father's Day is just around the corner, which means you've only got a little time left to do your gift shopping. And if you want to branch out from the typical watch or wallet, then we've got some deals you'll want to check out. An Atlas Coffee Club subscription is the perfect gift if your…

Enlarge / Event display of a W-boson candidate decaying into a muon and a muon neutrino inside the ATLAS experiment. The blue line shows the reconstructed track of the muon, and the red arrow denotes the energy of the undetected muon neutrino.ATLAS Collaboration/CERN It's often said in science that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Recent…

"Give 'em the clamps!" Atlas now has a pair of gripper claws. It also may be time for a new torso cover. Boston Dynamics Previous Atlas hands have been flat pads or balls, both of which can only pick up objects with pressure. The claw, up close. Only the top "thumb" moves in this picture.…

White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas, pictured in September, made numerous political blunders during his brief tenure, including a lengthy interview with Russian state media that ran just days before the U.S. presidential election. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas, pictured in September, made numerous…

Comet Atlas Martin Gembec / CC BY-SA 4.0 Fame for a comet is a fickle thing. One week you're shining bright, the next you find you can't take the heat and start breaking up on the way to a fatal encounter with the sun. In March, newly discovered Comet Atlas was going through a rapid brightening…

Comet Swan as seen from Australia. Ernesto Guido/Telescope Live At the moment a promising comet is fading, a newly discovered cosmic snowball has been spotted in an outburst phase, giving us a bright new distraction from dark days here on planet Earth. When it it went through a period of rapid brightening in March, Comet…