To celebrate our Versailles exhibition, Science Director Roger Highfield discusses the reevaluation of Émilie Du Châtelet’s crucial contribution to modern science.
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.
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.
To celebrate the 39th anniversary of Shannon Lucid’s first spaceflight on 17 June 1985, Assistant Curator Lucy Twisleton takes a closer look at the career and legacy of this pioneering astronaut and biochemist.
For #IWD24, guest author and Engineers gallery contributor, Professor Larissa Suzuki, speaks to three fellow female contributors about their recent work.
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.
Research Fellow Emily Rees Koerner and Brigitte Stenhouse, Lecturer in History of Mathematics at The Open University, celebrate the ‘Queen of Science’ and her enthusiasm for maths and science.
Curator Heather Bennett celebrates the Hidden Figure of GPS, Gladys West, on her 93rd birthday.
On Friday 23 June the Science Museum opened a free, first-of-its-kind gallery dedicated to world-changing engineering innovations and the fascinating range of people behind them.
A previously overlooked letter, article and exhibit suggest the British chemist Rosalind Franklin contributed more to revealing the ‘secret of life’ than thought, reports Science Director Roger Highfield.
An influential figure in art, photography and natural history, Anna Atkins was born on 16 March, 224 years ago
The 2 January marks the birthday of a pioneer and trailblazer in the world of STEM and in the fight for equality for members of the transgender community. Lynn Conway’s inventions and methods revolutionised computer engineering and how we teach computer science, influencing how we engage with computers to this day.