super/collider

seeing science

a new project at the University of Maryland examines and documents the ways in which science is represented through the visual medium of photography

a planet of oceans 〰

from the depths of the Marianas Trench to the remote beaches of the Chagos Archipelago, we've rounded up five incredible places from around the planet in honour of World Oceans Day

biology, ecology & nature, exploration, feature on home page, geology, nuclear, oceansChris Hatherill8 June 2017Another, World Oceans DayComment

ten

a visual journey through ten years of creative science

SEANA GAVIN X SUPER/COLLIDER

a series of three limited edition prints inspired by our mutual love of space, sci-fi, science textbooks and the surreal

architecture, art & photography, astronomy, biology, collaborations, ecology & nature, feature on home page, geology, oceans, products, shop, spaceChris Hatherill6 December 2016collage, scifi, Seana GavinComment

blue flowers

introducing the world's first colour-changing flowers

art & photography, biology, chemistry, ecology & nature, feature on home pageChris Hatherill12 February 2016Comment

Jochen Lempert

a trained biologist, Jochen Lempert began taking photographs in the early 1990s and has since embarked on an ongoing project that deals with our perception of nature

art & photography, biology, feature on home pageChris Hatherill18 January 2016Comment

how nature is recolonising Chernobyl 🌿

a new study suggests that wildlife is thriving in the abandoned areas around Chernobyl, scene of the catastrophic nuclear meltdown in 1986 that left the landscape largely uninhabitable for humans

biology, ecology & nature, exploration, feature on home page, publishingChris Hatherill8 October 2015Comment

the floating world

located in China's Hunan province, Zhangjiajie’s incredible landscape began to form over 60 million years ago, when tropical seas covered the land

biology, ecology & nature, feature on home page, geology, publishingChris Hatherill6 June 2015AnOther MagazineComment

species of the week

Urtica dioica packs in iron, omega-3, protein, potassium, manganese and calcium, plus vitamins A, C and K

biology, ecology & nature, feature on home page, health & medicineChris Hatherill24 February 2015SOTW, stinging nettles, Urtica dioicaComment

green futures

a super efficient kettle and biodegradable lighting feature in Designs of the Year

architecture, biology, design & engineering, ecology & nature, energy, fashion, feature on home page, publishingChris Hatherill20 February 2015Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, London Design Museum, Miito, RodarteComment

Q&A: Cosima Gretton

the AXNS Collective founder and occasional super/collider contributor on art, science and neuroaesthetics

biology, feature on home page, health & medicine, publishingChris Hatherill15 May 2014art and neuroscience, Cosima Gretton, neuroscienceComment

genesis

a potent mix of science, mythology, sex and nature, artist Camille Henrot's 13-minute video piece Grosse Fatigue combines eye-popping imagery with an epic spoken soundtrack mixing scientific history, religious Creation narratives and oral folklore drawn from the Dogon, Inuit and Navajo peoples to tell the story of the creation of the universe

art & photography, biology, ecology & nature, feature on home pageChris Hatherill27 March 2014Camille Henrot, Chisenhale Gallery, Smithsonian, Tate ModernComment

consciousness

is consciousness just an illusion? or a mere epiphenomenon – a byproduct of brain activity?

biology, feature on home page, health & medicine, publishingCosima Gretton5 November 2013brain, neuroscienceComment

corridor

the World Land Trust is currently focusing its efforts on protecting a key rainforest corridor along the Kinabatangan River in Borneo

biology, ecology & nature, feature on home page, publishingChris Hatherill16 October 2013Borneo, orang-utan, World Land TrustComment

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, spaceCosima Gretton22 August 2013GV Art, Tom Jeffreys, Wild CultureComment

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, stripesComment

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