As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Science Museum Group Journal, its creator and Editor picks ten articles to celebrate the highlights of the decade.
Where does the power in a punch come from? How did records in sport become something to be broken? How was the idea of the rematch invented? Scott Anthony, Deputy Head of Research and Public History, steps into the ring to explore the sweet science of boxing.
From a Halloween trick to a Christmas present: Conserving a model from The Nightmare Before Christmas
Is Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) a Halloween film or a Christmas movie? Sky-Lyn Munoz takes a model from the cult classic and works to take it from a trick to a treat.
Digital Research and Communications Fellow Lyz Bush-Peel remembers an extraordinary astronomer whose path to the stars changed the course of astronomy.
The first behind-the-scenes public tours at the Science and Innovation Park began today, Friday 11 October, allowing visitors to get up close to the Science Museum Group’s world-class collection of objects from science, technology, engineering, and medicine.
For a fourth year, the Science Museum Group has brought together science and poetry in celebration of National Poetry Day!
To celebrate 40 years since Elite’s release, Matthew Horsfall, Curator of Game Technologies, explores the impact of one of the first truly ‘open world’ video games and its influence on the industry.
The Moon could be used to store a backup copy of frozen cells from most Earth species to protect global diversity. Roger Highfield, Science Director, discusses this radical proposal to preserve biodiversity in the event of global catastrophe.
As Paris gets ready for the 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony, we take a closer look at collection objects focusing on the flaming star of the show: the Olympic torch.
With just seconds remaining in the last 16 match between England and Slovakia at the European Championships, Jude Bellingham arched the ball back over his head and into the goal.
65 years ago today, on 11 June 1959, the Saunders-Roe Nautical 1 (SR-N1) hovercraft was flown in public for the first time on the Isle of Wight. This has been described as the world’s first hovercraft and at the time was seen as a key step towards a new technology that would alter transportation of the future.
Marina Rees, Collections Project Officer, looks through the flotsam and jetsam of the collection to chart how scientists have tried to understand and measure the movements of the ocean.