Sir Roger Penrose’s Mathematical Art of the Cyclic Cosmos
Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs introduces the Oxford Mathematics public lecture.
Who would have thought that scientists are humans?
Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs, discusses Venki Ramakrishnan’s critically-acclaimed book, Gene Machine: the Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome.
Winners show how good writing helps science to thrive
Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs, announces the winners of the Medical Research Council’s annual Max Perutz Science Writing Award.
Romanov murder mystery: launch of The Last Tsar: Blood and Revolution
Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs, on the launch of new exhibition The Last Tsar: Blood and Revolution.
The strange allure of sad songs, and other musical mysteries
Roger Highfield discusses an improvised musical encounter between musician Joe Stilgoe, polymath Philip Ball and the Museum’s IMAX audience.
Surprise solar storm underlines need for citizen science experiment
The Carrington Event of 1859 is the most violent solar storm on record. A storm of its magnitude in today’s technological era would cause devastating effects. Roger Highfield and Dr Harry Cliff explore more.
FIRST IVF BABY LOUISE BROWN CELEBRATES 40TH AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM
Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs, celebrates the anniversary of the birth that changed reproductive science.
IVF REVOLUTION: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs, examines the reproductive science revolution to mark our new exhibition, IVF: 6 Million Babies Later.
‘Tragedy of the Commons’ updated to model climate change
As the museum prepares to explore climate change in Antarctica through dance next month, Roger Highfield reports on the latest insights from game theorists.
How long should we grow human embryos in the lab?
Roger Highfield discusses the ethical dimensions of reproductive science to mark our new exhibition, IVF: 6 Million Babies Later.
Can planet-sized ‘waves’ on the Sun help predict damaging solar storms?
Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs, describes efforts to predict solar storms as the museum prepares to launch a major new exhibition about the Sun.
Adventures in the Anthropocene by Alexander von Humboldt, father of environmentalism
Roger Highfield describes a recent encounter between Royal Society science book prize winners Andrea Wulf and Gaia Vince, held in the museum to celebrate Wulf’s latest prize, awarded by the British Society for the History of Science.