Associate Curator Matthew Howles reveals the stories behind our latest exhibition, Versailles: Science and Splendour, which opens from 12 December 2024.
By Dr Robert Bradburne, Chief Scientist at the Environment Agency,
Inspiring the scientists we need for tomorrow: The Environment Agency’s Careers Live collaboration
In August, over 100 Environment Agency experts volunteered their time to deliver free hands-on careers sessions with young visitors in Technicians: The David Sainsbury Gallery. Chief Scientist at the Environment Agency, Dr Robert Bradburne, reflects on the activities and the positive impact an environmental career could have on the next generation.
To celebrate Information Age’s tenth anniversary, Curator of Computing and Communications, Rachel Boon, shares stories featured on the gallery along with developments over the last decade which shape how we use these technologies today.
This week a mission launched to investigate the watery oceans beneath the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa – and whether it has the conditions to support life. Associate Curator, Lucy Twisleton, explores the journey, the spacecraft and the data it will collect.
To mark 150 years since the opening of Britain’s first medical school for women, Assistant Curator Cait Scott explores the pioneering women behind the LSMW and its legacy today.
Creating and delivering a new museum gallery is hard work. It typically takes many years and involves scores of people. But revamping an existing gallery has challenges all of its own.
On this day in 1978, a baby girl named Louise Brown was born. She was born via caesarean section, like many other babies, and in many respects her birth was unremarkable.
Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports on the findings of a study of handedness in museum visitors, published today by an international team.
The Astronomer Royal, Lord Martin Rees, gives his verdict on the long-term future of space exploration.
Inspirational spaces require investment. This simple truth is a challenging reality for the dedicated people working in cultural institutions across the country.
To mark Clean Air Day in June, the UK’s largest campaign on air pollution, Dr Julia Knights, Deputy Director of the Science Museum spoke to Andrew Grieve, Senior Air Quality Analyst at Imperial College, London, to find out more about how the Breathe London initiative is helping to provide free real time information on air quality in the capital.
By Dame Steve Shirley and Prof. Dr Larissa Suzuki
Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day
Recent figures indicate that in the UK only 16.5% of engineers are women*. In a profession where female engineers are so underrepresented, we caught up with two generations of software engineers who discuss their own experiences this #INWED24.