earlier this year, we had the privilege of speaking to Eileen Collins – NASA's first female space shuttle pilot

feature on home page, publishing, spaceChris Hatherill27 September 2013AnOther Magazine, NASA, shuttle pilot, woman in space

sand

artist Julie Brook journeys to the volcanic region of Al Haruj in Libya to create razor sharp artwork

art & photography, feature on home page, geology, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill20 September 2013Julie Brook, land art, The Wapping Project

nature reserves 🌾

Laura Culham's painstaking paper sculptures of weeds are just one highlight of new show examining nature and the way humans document it

art & photography, biology, chemistry, ecology & nature, feature on home page, geology, publishing, spaceChris Hatherill22 August 2013GV Art, Tom Jeffreys, Wild Culture

summer solstice

as the summer days stretch out into nights, we're teaming up with solutionvsproblem sound system for a night of solstice-fueled disco, space and Balearic psych with a bit of neo-sci/rave paganism thrown in for good measure

astronomy, events, feature on home page, _dateChris Hatherill18 June 2013solstice, solutionvsproblem

afrogalactica

from the outer rings of Sun Ra's native Saturn to the depths of Drexciya's undersea cities, the realms of afrofuturism provide fertile space for forward-thinking imaginations.

art & photography, astronomy, feature on home page, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill10 May 2013afrofuturism, Drexciya, Kosmica, Sun Ra, The Arts Catalyst

gateways

our new series of collage works feature monolithic structures set amid distant landscapes, connecting various locations around the known universe

art & photography, feature on home page, publishing, _dateChris Hatherill9 May 2013Elysium Planitia, Gusev Crater

numbers

of all the incredible stuff out there in space, globular clusters are surely among the most mind-blowing when you pause and consider what could be going on deep inside their luminous cores

astronomy, feature on home page, physics, publishing, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill28 April 2013Drake equation, Frank Drake, Omega Centauri

spring

there are tons of photos of earth taken from space, but few as good as Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's recent series from the International Space Station

art & photography, ecology & nature, feature on home page, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill26 April 2013Balaton Lake, Chris Hadfield, international space station, ISS, NASA

sample of the week: Malachite

used to make green paint in ancient times, Malachite is a rich green copper carbonate hydroxide mineral

chemistry, feature on home page, geology, publishingChris Hatherill19 April 2013crystals, Malachite, minerals, SOTW

concrete

an early morning exploration of Arcosanti

architecture, design & engineering, feature on home page, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill12 April 2013Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri, places

stripes

we created a short film and detailed breakdown of Saturn's rings for Patternity's first festival of pattern – a showcase of all things stripey

art & photography, astronomy, biology, chemistry, design & engineering, ecology & nature, fashion, feature on home page, geology, health & medicine, physics, publishing, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill5 April 2013pattern, Patternity, stripes

tropical ice

high in the Rwenzori Mountains, year-round subzero temperatures keep the top of Africa permanently capped in white. as the highest source of the Nile, the upper reaches of the range are home to about twenty glaciers

art & photography, feature on home page, geology, publishingChris Hatherill2 April 2013Climate Change, glaciers, Klaus Thymann, Project Pressure, Rwenzori Mountains

battlegrounds

stretching 3.7 million square kilometres across the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and the Central African Republic, the Congo Basin is home to a vast rainforest covering over one and half million square kilometres

biology, ecology & nature, feature on home page, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill28 March 2013biodiversity, Climate Change, Congo Basin, Ethical Consumer, Rainforest Alliance, rainforests, World Wildlife Fund

species of the week: Xanthoria parietina

incredibly tolerant of air pollution and heavy metal contamination, this lichen can be used as a bioindicator to measure air quality

ecology & nature, feature on home page, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill22 March 2013lichen, SOTW, Xanthoria parietina

material world

housing everything from delicate fulgurite structures created by lightning strikes to an ultra-dense ball of silicon nitride which can dent concrete, the Institute of Making is home to some of the world's most wondrous substances

architecture, chemistry, design & engineering, fashion, feature on home page, physics, publishingChris Hatherill15 March 2013Institute of Making, Mark Miodownik, Material Matters, Materials Library, UCL, University College London, Zoe Laughin

book launch: An Introduction To Isomorphology

Isomorphology bridges the divide between art and science – offering a new way of looking at the natural world and the uncoventional relationships between species. in this visual introduction, published by super/collider, artist Gemma Anderson sets out her case with beautiful examples from the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms

art & photography, ecology & nature, events, feature on home page, _dateChris Hatherill14 March 2013EB&Flow Gallery, Gemma Anderson, Isomorphology, nature

sentinel

stretching up above the streets of San Francisco, the Sutro Tower acts as a climate sentinel, reaching high into the atmosphere to measure CO2 levels

chemistry, ecology & nature, feature on home page, publishingChris Hatherill11 March 2013atmosphere, CO2, CO2 emissions, NOAA

workshop: the monument

for our first school workshop, we challenged design students to create a physical monument for visitors to experience one thousand years from now

design & engineering, ecology & nature, events, feature on home pageChris Hatherill16 November 2012Faculty of Art Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University, school workshop, Sir John Cass

detection

techniques and devices used to detect nuclear weapons are being deployed in the search for dark matter

feature on home page, geology, physics, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill16 November 2012dark energy, dark matter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, nuclear weapons, Sanford Underground Research Facility

dhcmrlchtdj

is the universe an infinite architecture of interlocking hexagonal rooms filled with books that contain every possible combination of 23 alphabetical letters?

art & photography, feature on home page, _dateChris Hatherill15 November 2012