With half the planet online, Sir Tim Berners-Lee marks web’s 30th birthday with a plea for global action to challenge its excesses.
In our latest Live Science experiment researchers from Middlesex University are investigating the relationship between awareness of our own actions and empathy with others.
To celebrate the return of our hands-on gaming event, Power UP, one of our ambassadors explores five key turning points in gaming history.
Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of UNOOSA, explains the history and importance of the Outer Space Treaty
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?
Introducing ‘Tomorrow’s World’, reimagined for the 21st century
A mathematical argument for forging friendships has been found
Celebrating our Volunteers at the Science Museum Volunteer Awards for 2016
The vial of rust-coloured powder may not look like much but is a very special substance that can absorb and block magnetic fields. Sheldon Paquin explains more.
The second in our series of blog posts on big data explores machine learning and the quantified self movement.
A new summer exhibition at the Science Museum explores the Big Data revolution.
John Stack explores the Science Museum Group’s new Digital Strategy, which will transform how visitors experience our museums.