Tag Archives: Space

Mar 4 2013

Read Timothy Leary’s Brain Melting Comics

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In his 1977 book Exo-Psychology, psychologist and psychedelic drug advocate Timothy Leary revealed his eight-circuit model of consciousness, his theory about the workings of the human mind and the future neurological “circuits” that humanity might someday access and utilize in our travels beyond Earth. In 1979, the theory was adapted into Neurocomics, a trippy comic book exploration of the mind, human evolution, and how we might journey to the stars. Rene Walter has posted the entire (NSFW) Neurocomics online, and it provides a fascinating look into Leary’s peculiar transhumanist ideas. -VIA:- io9–

Feb 10 2013

What Will First Photos of Black Holes Look Like?

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A giant black hole is thought to lurk at the center of the Milky Way, but it has never been directly seen. Now astronomers have predicted what the first pictures of this black hole will look like when taken with technology soon to be available.

Jan 25 2013

Dung Beatles Guided by Milky Way

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Scientists have shown how the insects will use the Milky Way to orientate themselves as they roll their balls of muck along the ground.

Humans, birds and seals are all known to navigate by the stars. But this could be the first example of an insect doing so.

Jan 6 2013

Lonely Astronauts

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Artist Jeremy Geddes paints with considerable skill.  His highly detailed oil paintings depict surreal, often lonely scenes.  Many of his panels picture a lone astronaut in an empty urban landscape.  Its unclear whether his subjects are falling or floating, in trouble or asleep.  Geddes communicates the haunting silence of each scene as effectively as textures and light. He clearly has an ease of technique and personal aesthetic. –BEAUTIFUL DECAY–

Nov 30 2012

70’s Illustrations of Futuristic Space Colonies

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If you’re of a bookish bent and also of a certain age that starts with a “3,” you may well have gone through a phase in your childhood when you devoured every book in the local library on space/space travel/”the future” in general. If so, you may also emit a squeal of delight at these wonderful ’70s-era illustrations of space colonies, which we spotted at Visual News. VIA: –FLAVOR WIRE–