Guest authors

Author and polymath Philip Ball gives the background to a special IMAX improvisation event with acclaimed singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe at our July Lates.

Sally Cheshire CBE, chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority describes the advancements in IVF over the past 40 years.

Jane Sutton from the Royal Academy of Engineering explores the importance of diversity in engineering

Ahead of the opening of IVF: 6 Million Babies Later, father Gareth Down shares his experience with IVF and the lesser-told story of the male struggle.

Genetic Resource Collection Curator at the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, Matthew Ryan, explores Fleming’s Penicillium and the potential of microorganisms.

A speech by Lord Martin Rees, Science Museum Fellow, at the Service of Thanksgiving remembering Stephen Hawking.

The museum’s Roger Highfield challenged Professor Alice Roberts to iron out the scars of human evolution for a new display. Here, the University of Birmingham anatomist describes her personal quest for perfection.

Professor Martin Johnson explores the difficulties experienced by physiologist and Nobel laureate Bob Edwards in his pioneering IVF work.

Content Developer, Kyle Osbrink, explores the history and science behind an iconic summer fashion accessory.

Pandemic is an interactive film that puts you in control of a psychological thriller. You vote to choose what Dr. Moritz will do at every twist and turn of the story, but where do you draw the line? Creator of the film, John Bradburn, tells us more.

Digital Editor at the Longitude Prize, Shae Harmon, takes us behind the scenes of her new documentary, ‘Fighting Superbugs in India’.

Assistant Curator Shaz Hussain explores the history of the personal computer to answer the ever important question: why beige?