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.
A tumultuous end to the annual climate negotiations saw the formalisation of a global carbon market and a climate finance deal that leaves many nations dissatisfied. Science Director, Roger Highfield, reports
Digital Research and Communications Fellow Lyz Bush-Peel remembers an extraordinary astronomer whose path to the stars changed the course of astronomy.
Neuroscientists have harnessed Hollywood to chart the most detailed functional map of the brain to date. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports.
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!
A five-year roadmap to help the aviation sector achieve net-zero climate impact by 2050 is published today by a Cambridge University team. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports.
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.
Evidence is published today that human-generated atmospheric carbon dioxide is boosting Earth’s surface temperature faster than ever, reports Science Director Roger Highfield.
The extraordinary extent of plastic pollution, and burning, is revealed by a global inventory today, created with the help of AI. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports.