This week the Science Museum opened a stunning new gallery exploring what is probably the most important question of our age: how can the world limit dangerous climate change by transitioning away from fossil fuels in meeting global energy needs? Fossil fuels still meet around 80% of the world’s energy needs. That is why the rapid but carefully managed shift to a low-carbon economy based largely on renewable energy can fairly be described as an Energy Revolution. It’s how our […]
On 18 March 2024, NASA astronaut General Thomas P. Stafford passed away at the age of 93. Stafford was the commander of the Apollo 10 mission which launched on 18 May 1969.
On Tuesday 26 March the Science Museum opened Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery, a major free gallery examining the rapid energy transition and decarbonisation needed to limit climate change.
A lifelong advocator of women’s educational rights and women’s and children’s health, today on what would be her 165th birthday, we celebrate the life and work of Mexico’s first female physician, Dr. Matilde Montoya.
For #IWD24, guest author and Engineers gallery contributor, Professor Larissa Suzuki, speaks to three fellow female contributors about their recent work.
To mark LGBT+ History Month and its theme of medicine, we explore the life and work of doctor Magnus Hirschfeld, a researcher of sexuality and gender in the early twentieth century.
To celebrate Alice Ball Day, Assistant Digital Content Producer Rebekah Chitson explores the life of this scientist, who contributed greatly towards creating a treatment for Hansen’s disease (also known as leprosy) during the 1900s.
Engineers from far and wide gathered in the Science Museum on 6 February for the announcement of the 2024 winners of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Jane Sutton reveals more about the 2024 Laureates and their engineering innovations.
A new exhibition featuring glorious clockwork treasures beloved by Chinese emperors is now open at the Science Museum.
Interpretation Developer Emma Ellis explores the life of trailblazer Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to receive a pilot’s licence.
A toolkit to reengineer life has been assembled by scientists in Cambridge, marking a new era of synthetic biology, reports Science Director Roger Highfield
The Conservation team reflects on the behind-the-scenes work that goes into getting remarkable objects ready for display in our latest exhibition, Turn It Up: The power of music.