The First Man-Made Biological Leaf Turns Light and Water Into Oxygen
Julian Melchiorri, a student at the Royal College of Art, has invented an artificial photosynthetic leaf after pondering interstellar travel. The future inches closer.
The Most Accurate Model Yet Of Jupiter’s Bizarre Magnetic Field
Take a look at Jupiter’s massive magnetosphere that resembles something from a Lovecraftian space horror, extending 4 million miles from the gas giant’s surface.
Laevorotation at Boom 2012
Time dissolves during the weeklong gathering of Boom 2012 in the steppes near the Portuguese-Spanish border.
Long-Term Couples Develop Interconnected Memory Systems
New research from Macquarie University in Australia reveals that intimate couples become part of an interpersonal cognitive system where each is dependent on the other to fill in certain memory gaps.
Susan Sarandon Comes Out of the Closet About Her Psychedelic Use
Susan Sarandon recently sat down for an interview with The Daily Beast to promote her new film, The Last of Robin Hood. The conversation ran the gamut from her love affair with David Bowie, to marijuana and her use of psychedelics.
Stephen Hawking and the Black Hole Information Paradox
Information can’t be lost when a black hole evaporates, as it was never an aspect of tangible existence to begin with. Despite the readings of a measuring apparatus, from its own perspective the quantum is never quite lured into the trap of definite form in a distinct moment to be instantly sucked into a dead past. When it comes to information, the next moment never arrives because the quantum, like the conscious, is forever now.
Trippy Portraits of Famous Psychonauts
Nicolás Rosenfeld has produced a capturing series of portraits of famous psychonauts, from Carlos Castañeda and John C Lilly to Syd Barrett and Nick Sand. Colorful, vibrant, and “apt” are all great ways to describe these. Check them out.
Co-Working Spaces Expand into Niche Markets, Like Marijuana
Co-working spaces have largely been utilized by startup tech companies, but in Denver, they’ve expanded to other industries like the newly burgeoning marijuana business.
