super/collider

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

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

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, SOTWComment

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

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 MountainsComment

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

crystalised

sampling Emily Candela's edible crystals

art & photography, biology, chemistry, feature on home page, geology, publishing, _dateChris Hatherill5 October 2012Cosmicmegabrain, crystals, Emily CandelaComment

islands in the sky

exploring Tristram Lansdowne's surreal geological worlds

art & photography, biology, ecology & nature, feature on home page, geology, publishingChris Hatherill4 October 2012Fata Morgana, LE Gallery, TRISTRAM LANSDOWNEComment

science printing workshop

an afternoon of science, art & craft with our new Risograph printer

art & photography, astronomy, biology, chemistry, ecology & nature, energy, events, feature on home page, geology, physics, space, transportsuper/collider29 September 2012Comment

sample of the week

Gallium

chemistry, feature on home page, geology, publishingChris Hatherill10 September 2012materials, sample of the week, SOTW, species of the week

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