Fancy watching Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton dressed up in sumo costumes to wrestle over who truly discovered gravity? Well that’s the kind of thing that happens in Science Museum Live – and the second season is starting in January 2012.
Meet the staff members that make the Museum so unique and get the insider scoop on upcoming exhibitions, research projects and new objects.
A group of students aged 8 to 17 have spent the past three months working through the same set of tasks. It sounds like a recipe for disaster, but when you’re asking real, new science questions, no-one knows what the answer will be.
Think a science lab is full of glass beakers and Bunsen burners? You obviously haven’t been to Lottolab – led by Beau Lotto and this team.
Mick Jackson is a prize-winning author and screenwriter, who has recently become our new writer-in-residence. Throughout his residency he will be regularly keeping us up to date with blog posts – here’s the first.
Check out some pictures from our Robotville festival which features cutting edge robots from labs across Europe.
Alan Winfield is Professor of Electronic Engineering and Director of the Science Communication Unit at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Alan will be on hand to discuss the cultural relevance and impact of swarm robotics at Robotville.
Meet roboticist Peter McOwan, Professor of Computer Science in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London. At Robotville Peter will be showcasing software he has built that helps robots understands our emotions
Meet roboticist Nick Hawes, a lecturer in the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham. He is bringing his robot, Dora the Explorer, to our Robotville festival.
Over the next few days we will be posting interviews with some of the roboticists coming to Robotville to find out more about their research projects. This is your chance to submit any questions you would like them to answer.
From Thursday 1 until Sunday 4 December, 23 robots will be setting up home in the Museum as part of our four day event – Robotville.
Giant Cockroaches giving tours of the Museum? Find out what they’ve got to say for themselves.
Hollywood glamour isn’t the first thing that springs to mind when you think of a museum store but Blythe House, the Science Museum’s small object store, is the red hot destination for filmmakers right now.