March 2016
Philosophical perspectives on space
... in space exploration, what does that tell us about us in relation to the vast space we are part of? That is where culture comes into the picture. How do we represent ourselves? How do we express these representations in science, in art, in all forms...
March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
... is, how can biotechnology support and benefit future space missions? To highlight that the culture is a living thing, the team named their co-culture ‘Ginny’ after the old Nordic mythology concept of space ‘Ginnungagap’ (the bottomless abyss...
September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
..., aminoglycosides, colistin and chloramphenicol (Tables 1 and 2). However, this minor change was sufficient to move the cultures under study from the category of sensitive to moderately sensitive and moderately sensitive to the resistant category...
04 February 2018
In the Shadow of the Moon: the science, magic and mystery of solar eclipses
... the Egypt-Libya border. Having been trained as a scientist, he admits he didn’t “think much about how different cultures might interpret the cosmos” until he took a group of students to measure the celestial orientation of pyramids in Mexico. He and...
15 June 2020
Cosmos The Art and Science of the Universe
... based on sound science and accurate art and cultural history”, which further erodes the notional boundaries. This...has been more prevalent”, although the authors allude to works in other cultures too. It’s not within the remit of this book - which ...
February 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
... of Mars The CAAS project highlights space ecologies such as water regeneration, air revitalisation, living within multi-cultural crews and using energy from renewable resources. One example is IP-Star, a Dutch company which took the...
