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higher states

dropping class As onto exposed film to induce chemical reactions, photographer Sarah Schoenfeld creates surreal art pieces that reflect the altered states of mind created by drugs

art & photography, feature on home page, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill15 January 2014drugs, examplesComment

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 ProjectComment

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 CatalystComment

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 CentauriComment

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, NASAComment

concrete

an early morning exploration of Arcosanti

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

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

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 Comment

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 parietinaComment

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 FacilityComment

cretaceous

GIF masterminds Reed + Rader's first solo show in the UK takes audiences to a psychedelic Cretaceous era

art & photography, feature on home page, geology, publishing, super/weekly, _dateChris Hatherill8 November 2012Cretaceous, dinosaurs, Protein, Reed + RaderComment

neighbours

the La Silla Observatory in Chile has detected an earth-sized planet in the star system next door, Alpha Centauri

astronomy, feature on home page, publishing, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill19 October 2012Alpha Centauri, Alpha Centauri Bb, exoplanets, HARPS, La Silla ObservatoryComment

tara

after a voyage of more than 62,000 nautical miles, the French environmental research vessel TARA will next week dock in London as part of an ongoing educational trip

biology, ecology & nature, fashion, feature on home page, publishing, super/weekly, _dateChris Hatherill14 September 2012agnès b, AnOther Magazine, Arctic, arctic sea ice, Climate Change, exploration, plankton, TARAComment

Neptune rising

join our new Pop Up Astronomy Club to see one of the outer planets this week

astronomy, feature on home page, publishing, super/weekly, _dateChris Hatherill24 August 2012Pop-Up Astronomy ClubComment

descent

early next Monday morning, 154 million miles from earth, a white and gold UFO-shaped spacecraft will hit the Martian atmosphere traveling at nearly 6km per second

feature on home page, publishing, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill1 August 2012Curiosity, Mars, Mars rovers, NASAComment

hello

good news for native wildlife this week with the release of 34 frankly adorable dormice into the Warwickshire countryside

biology, ecology & nature, feature on home page, publishing, super/weeklyAbby Schlageter22 June 2012biodiversity, dormiceComment

space camp

Tom Sachs’ latest work sees a team of "astronauts" simulating a mission to Mars using low-fi bricolaged components manufactured by the artist to take them to the surface and back

art & photography, feature on home page, publishing, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill18 May 2012Mars, Mars simulation, Tom SachsComment

pressure

incrementally flowing down into valleys, lakes and oceans, the slow motion march of glaciers has etched the Earth's surface for eons – but today these remote white worlds are under threat

art & photography, feature on home page, geology, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill27 April 2012glacier atlas, Klaus Thymann, Project PressureComment

Mars

we don't often show nipples on super/collider, but it's not often that an internationally-renowned artist simultaneously exhibits two shows based on photographs of porn stars and the surface of Mars

art & photography, astronomy, fashion, feature on home page, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill16 March 2012astronomy, Gagosian Gallery, Mars, NASA, space, Thomas Ruff Comment

hypergiants

lurking out beyond our solar system are millions upon millions of much bigger stars – including hypergiants like VY Canis Majoris

astronomy, feature on home page, publishing, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill10 February 2012astronomy, space, starsComment