Roger Highfield, Science Director, talks to Kari Stefansson, whose genetic sequencing project has revealed how the UK infected Iceland, that children don’t seem to infect parents, and how to control COVID-19.
Roger Highfield is the Science Director at the Science Museum Group, a member of the UK's Medical Research Council and a visiting professor at the Dunn School, University of Oxford, and Department of Chemistry, UCL. He studied Chemistry at the University of Oxford and was the first person to bounce a neutron off a soap bubble. Roger was the Science Editor of The Daily Telegraph for two decades, and the Editor of New Scientist between 2008 and 2011. He has written or co-authored ten popular science books, most recently Stephen Hawking: Genius at Work, and has had thousands of articles published in newspapers and magazines.
Roger Highfield, Science Director, outlines the science of lockdowns and how to end the pandemic.
Roger Highfield, Science Director, talks to Ajit Lalvani, who recently recovered from a serious COVID-19 infection and is now undertaking a major pandemic study
Science Director Roger Highfield examines the vaccines under development which may help bring the coronavirus crisis to an end.
Roger Highfield, Science Director, explains the central importance of testing for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roger Highfield, Science Director, rounds up what we know (and what we don’t know) about the new coronavirus and highlights possible solutions to end the COVID-19 pandemic.