To mark the summer solstice Lead Curator of recent exhibition The Sun: Living With Our Star, Harry Cliff, explores the year without summer.
From iconic galleries like Exploring Space to award-winning newer additions to the museum like Mathematics: The Winton Gallery our galleries make the museum an inspiring place to explore. We also open temporary exhibitions throughout the year covering a range of topics from science and technology to history and photography.
We explore the history of the White House solar panels 40 years after their installation and on the anniversary of Jimmy Carter’s famous speech turning science into politics.
Genetic Resource Collection Curator at the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, Matthew Ryan, explores Fleming’s Penicillium and the potential of microorganisms.
Roger Highfield presents your guide to Quantum Computing.
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.
Ahead of the final week of the Wounded exhibition, Associate Curator of Chemistry Rupert Cole looks at poison gas in the First World War.
A new spacecraft has landed at the Science Museum: the Structural Thermal Model of BepiColombo, developed to test the strength of the spacecraft when on its mission to Mercury. Here are some interesting facts you might not know about this challenging mission…
Space weather could wreak havoc on Earth, yet few of us are taking the threat seriously.
We explore alien bacteria, the most likely alien life form we are to find, and how their existence could impact the scientific community.
From dragon’s blood to your own faeces, we explore seven unusual places you might not think to look for the next wave of antibiotics.