super/weekly

cosmic

chris — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:29:38 +0000

to kick a season of exploring the archives, we’re pleased to bring you the complete text of Piers from Cocadisco’s talk at The Book Club last October – a brief history of cosmic disco. you can check it out over on super/reader, where we’ll be posting more goodies in the coming weeks

renewables

chris — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:57:09 +0000

following on from his Light After Dark series, which captured softly-glowing coal stations running through the night, photographer Toby Smith has turned his lens on renewable energy infrastructure – starting with hydroelectric facilities like the 305MW Foyers plant shown here. now on show at The Print Space in London, Toby hopes to continue and expand The Renewables Project to cover other forms of cleaner power and the strange places and machines that make it possible

transit

chris — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:38:36 +0000

Turner Prize-winning artist Wolfgang Tillmans’ long-term interest in astronomy led him to photograph the 2004 transit of Venus (pictured), a twice-in-a-lifetime event that next happens in 2012 – and then not again until 2117! as part of a retrospective of his work at Serpentine Gallery, Tillmans and Professor Dimitar Sasselov of the Harvard Origins of Life Initiative will be in conversation next Friday as part of a night of astronomy in the park. we’re hoping to interview Professor Sasselov next week, so look for that and more pictures on super/reader

reader

chris — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:15:59 +0000

at the end of each week, we try to pick one stand out science-related image for super/weekly. the idea is to keep the wordcount down and let the picture tell the story, making it quick and easy to check out. but sometimes there’s more to say – not to mention the stuff we write for other people, plus random thoughts and ideas, and all the images that don’t quite fit…

so to bring you more hot science action, we’ve created super/reader: a new hub for everything we do. over the coming weeks we’ll be posting loads from the archives, ranging from Chris’ visit to CERN to Rod’s interview with James Lovelock and Vivienne Westwood, plus new articles (like this one about spaceports) live updates and stuff we’ve found for AnOther Magazine’s Loves website. we hope you enjoy…

dig

chris — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:58:16 +0000

ever wanted to search for buried treasure? on our Science Fair™ summer fieldtrip you’ll get the chance to do just that among the crumbly white cliffs at Samphire Hoe, near Dover. we’ll be guided by mineralogist Jolyon Ralph of Mindat.org, who will show you how to find crystals and minerals to take home with you, plus other geological goodies. due to the sensitive nature of the site, numbers are very limited so if you’re interested do book soon

s-band

chris — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:32:20 +0000

nothing newsworthy about this week’s image, just a lovely shot from the Smithsonian we found while researching astronaut gloves. it shows the lunar south pole, as seen by S-band radar signals at 12.6-cm wavelength probing 1-5 meters below the Moon’s surface. read more about lunar mapping and grab the stunning high res version here

cultures

chris — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:34:25 +0000

fifty years on from his famous two cultures speech, British scientist and novelist CP Snow would be pleasantly surprised to pick up Art + Science Now, a hefty tome covering the increasing crossover between science and various fields of art. on Tuesday 13 July, the book’s author Professor Stephen Wilson and featured artist Gina Czarnecki will be our guests at Science Fair™ – a special collaboration with our pals at The Arts Catalyst

cubes

chris — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:57:04 +0000

a tale of two clever cubes this week, both designed to educate people about carbon in various ways. the first is Eurban’s Carbon Cube, lower photo, created in 2006 from offcuts produced by the architecture firm’s various eco-friendly timber structures. measuring precisely 360mm x 360mm x 360mm, each cube is designed to act as a piece of furniture containing 10kg of carbon. design consultancy Ramboll’s new project, also called The Carbon Cube, is similar in showing how much timber is required to absorb the average UK citizen’s annual CO2 output represented by a 2.4m cubic volume, with members of the public invited to make a pledge to reduce emissions by decorating for a small cube of spruce

you can see Ramboll’s cube on Store Street as part of the Pocket Park, and sit on one of Eurban’s cubes at our GREEN/SPACE event tomorrow, where they’ll also be on sale at 30% off RRP

deploy

chris — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:21:22 +0000

like NASA’s spindly Lunar Excursion Module, the ultra-mobile creations of Milan based Lab Zero can be deployed on a variety of surfaces, from rocky seashores to mountain meadows. inspired by the highly functional and flexible opportunities presented by standard sized international shipping containers, their projects present an ideal for low-impact living anywhere on the planet – and perhaps beyond

Lab Zero’s Flavio Galvagni will be among the speakers at our next live event, GREEN/SPACE

pods

chris — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:19:06 +0000

mobile, modular and designed to survive the extremes of the Antarctic, Hugh Broughton Architects’ new Halley VI research station consists of a series of pods which will house researchers from the British Antarctic Survey. built to withstand high winds and winter temperatures of -50°C, the raised habitats will also reduce the station’s impact on the continent’s pristine environment. now in place on the Brunt Ice Shelf, the futuristic structures take on an otherwordly appearance when seen in-situ against the blowing snowdrifts and icy blue sky of the frozen continent

Hugh Broughton Architects will be among the speakers at our next live event, GREEN/SPACE