Supercomputer bid to create the first truly personalised medicine
As the Science Museum prepares a new exhibition Our Lives in Data , Roger Highfield describes a milestone supercomputer simulation, which ended today, that provides a glimpse of the…
Science Museum hosts London’s most glamorous party
…includes Science Museum director Ian Blatchford and Director of External Affairs Roger Highfield – was Mathematics: The Winton Gallery, which opens in the museum on 8 December and marks the…
Big Data needs Big Theory too
With the museum’s Director of External Affairs, Roger Highfield, and Prof Ed Dougherty of Texas A&M, Peter Coveney of University College London has written a critique of the blind use…
Why The Double Helix is still relevant
…and Illustrated Double Helix, (Simon & Schuster, 2012) James D Watson, in conversation with Roger Highfield, Cold Spring Harbor, 10th January 2018 Francis Crick, What Mad Pursuit (Weidenfeld & Nicolson,…
Stephen Hawking on how to shape the future of humanity
…published by John Murray. Press conference for Stephen Hawking’s final book (l-r: Tim Hawking, Lucy Hawking, Roger Highfield, Malcolm Perry, Andrew Strominger and Fay Dowker). The event was attended by…
Who would have thought that scientists are humans?
…the Royal Society. Venki Ramakrishnan in conversation with Roger Highfield at the Science Museum’s 10th Birthday Lates In 2009 Venki shared the Nobel Prize for studies of the structure and…
Britain’s Great Martian Adventure
…original team gathered in the Science Museum yesterday to discuss how to capture the remarkable legacy of the mission. Roger Highfield, the then Science Editor of The Daily Telegraph, with…
Fighting for diversity on the cyber crime front line
…by Roger Highfield, Science Director of the Science Museum, Levy highlighted the need for cyber defenders who think in different ways. Ian Levy (L) and Roger Highfield (R) Levy took…
Heroes Of Science
“If science is to inspire, engage and thrive, it needs its heroes more than ever.” This was the key message from Dr. Roger Highfield, our Director of External Affairs, and…
What *should* We Be Worried About?
…these two cultures remain separated by a deep chasm. Among these 140 contributors is one from our own Director of External Affairs, Roger Highfield, who argues the need for more…
Scientists Meet The Media 2015
…Credit: Science Museum. He designed an engraved beer glass with the help of fellow laureate Sir Tim Hunt and Roger Highfield of the museum to celebrate Sir Paul’s work on…
Leading Contemporaries Pay Tribute To Stephen Hawking
By Roger Highfield As part of the Science Museum’s celebration of Stephen Hawking’s 70th birthday, leading contemporaries have paid tribute to his remarkable impact on the field of cosmology. Hawking,…