Dr Jo Gooding, founder and director of Design Research Associates, reflects on how her historical research on National Health Service (NHS) glasses has inspired her current mission to support innovation in disability-related design.
Join Assistant Curator Matthew Howles on a hot air balloon adventure with Mrs Sage, the first English female aeronaut.
Alexandra Rose, Curator of Earth Sciences, celebrates the anniversary of the Ordnance Survey.
Space Curator Doug Millard discusses the anticipated launch of the United Arab Emirates’s first Mars orbiter.
As we celebrate the launch of the Crew Dragon and two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, Space Curator Doug Millard looks back at the history of the space capsule.
To celebrate 40 years since the release of Pac-Man, Head of Commercial Experiences and gaming fan Mark Cutmore explores the story of the much-loved character and pop-culture icon.
What connects the microwave ovens we have in our homes to the classified location of the BT Tower, the tallest building in London from 1956 to 1980?
Dr. Dimitrios Adamos and Dr. Stefanos Zafeiriou from the Department of Computing, Imperial College London explore how brain waves can tell you about the music you listen to as part of a Live Science residency at the Science Museum that ran from February – March 2020.
The final supermoon of 2020 will rise over the UK today (7 May). But what is a supermoon, and what causes it?
On this day in 1930, Amy Johnson set off on a journey to secure her place in history as the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.
To celebrate International Astronomy Day, Assistant Curator Matthew Howles takes an in-depth look at the most iconic of astronomical instruments: the telescope.
Dr Elizabeth Bruton explores the life of British physicist Hertha Ayrton who was born on this day in 1854.