Dr Roger Highfield explains how when we fall asleep, we celebrate the way that most life on our planet is adapted to the rotation of the Earth, and the daily rise and fall of the Sun in the sky.
Explore the work of our contemporary science team who run the Tomorrow’s World Gallery. In partnership with the BBC the gallery inspires visitors with the latest scientific inventions and explores the impact they could have on our future.
Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of UNOOSA, explains the history and importance of the Outer Space Treaty
Explore the story behind Cassini – a spacecraft that has been exploring the Saturnian system since 2004.
Exploring the first realisation that zero is a number
We went behind-the-scenes of as the 2018 Year of Engineering was announced at the museum.
Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs explores a new online intelligence test with an AI twist.
Breath biopsy, the latest development in cancer detection.
The authors of three critically-acclaimed books met in public for the first time last night to discuss the rise of the ‘post-truth era’ and what it means for science.
Exploring the possibilities of what can happen when nature and robotics combine
An ingenious, robotic, way of monitoring water health without distressing the fish.
On Monday 21 August 2017, a solar eclipse was visible across most of the United States for the first time in a century. To celebrate, curator Ali Boyle shared a short history of eclipses and a few favourite objects from our collection.
Discover more about our partnership with The Museum of Tomorrow, Rio de Janeiro