Exploring the first realisation that zero is a number
From radio and radar to MRI and fibre optics, do you know just how many of the world’s revolutionary innovations were developed and patented in Britain?
We went behind-the-scenes of as the 2018 Year of Engineering was announced at the museum.
The Science Museum is celebrating wonderful objects in our collection which were given as gifts as part of Remember a Charity Week.
Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs explores a new online intelligence test with an AI twist.
On a wall at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich hangs a portrait of John Harrison on loan from the Science Museum Group (SMG) collections and Art Curator Katy Barrett tells us more about this intriguing man.
Breath biopsy, the latest development in cancer detection.
The authors of three critically-acclaimed books met in public for the first time last night to discuss the rise of the ‘post-truth era’ and what it means for science.
Science Museum Director of External Affairs Roger Highfield explores tonight’s Space themed Science Museum Lates, where the BBC will be launching a new live interactive show.
25 August 2017 marked the unveiling of two remarkable clocks from the Science Museum Group Collection, the Wells Cathedral clock mechanism and the barograph clock by Alexander Cumming.
On the anniversary of scientist Michael Faraday’s birth, our Curator of Contemporary Science Sophie Waring looks at objects in the collection that explore his work and the lasting impact he had on modern science.
Exploring the possibilities of what can happen when nature and robotics combine