Disproving ten grumbles about the existence of Santa Claus
…and warped geometries of time and space, all united by one single, generous purpose: to help Santa make millions of children happy each Christmas. Roger Highfield is the author of…
Instinct, intuition and mathematics: the divine genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan
…Knew Infinity. Roger Highfield, Venki Ramakrishnan, and Eugenia Cheng discuss the man who knew infinity” With me was the Indian-born president of the Royal Society, the Nobel prize-winner (and self-proclaimed…
‘Tragedy of the Commons’ updated to model climate change
…helps visitors to make sense of the climate and from 14-30 August the museum will host Antarctica Live, a ground-breaking dance-film project, inspired by Antarctica and climate change. Roger Highfield…
Take part in our #ThanksToYou offer
…Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs and one of the tour-guides for the week, gives us a glimpse of what you can expect from an insider tour of the museum:…
Genome editing and the future of fertility science
…a committee which explored the borderlands that lie between acceptable and unacceptable research on the human embryo. At a session chaired by Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs of the…
See Our Universe Through a New Lens: Science Photographer of the Year
…of photography that goes back more than 160 years. Catherine Draycott, Zoe Laughlin, Gary Evans, Roger Highfield and Dallas Campbell judging the entries for the first Science Photographer of the…
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov’s race to be the first man on the Moon
…more step towards the Moon as ‘six spacecraft orbited the Moon without a man on board.’ Roger Highfield interviewed Alexei Leonov when the museum opened its Cosmonauts exhibition in 2015….
Competition provides lifeblood of science communication
…Wellcome Galleries, which will transform the first floor of the museum, creating a magnificent new home for its medicine collections. Roger Highfield is a member of the Medical Research Council….
Next generation GM using synthetic bacteria paves way for materials revolution
…Molecular Biology, speaking to Roger Highfield at the Science Museum Prof Chin says his research could lead to the development of novel polymers – large molecules made of many repeating…
Vaccination and the Victorians: Lyon Playfair’s Battle for Science
…are firmly here to stay. My thanks to colleagues Roger Highfield (Science Director), Natasha McEnroe (Keeper of Medicine) and Stewart Emmens (Curator of Community Health) for their advice and comments…
Earth at a tipping point
…his Gaia hypothesis. James Lovelock in conversation with Science Director Roger Highfield. Negative feedback is what stops central heating from cooking the occupants of a house: above a threshold temperature,…
The Science of Star Wars
…But actually, like all science fiction, Star Wars is full of interesting ideas which speak to scientific and technological issues here on Earth. Our Science Director, Roger Highfield, has already…