Roger Highfield, Science Director, outlines why the key aim of today’s AI Safety Summit is to ensure that we can all enjoy the benefits of artificial intelligence.
An expert meeting about nature positive, net zero cities was organised yesterday by the Science Museum, Natural History Museum and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Roger Highfield, Phil Stevenson, and Tim Littlewood reflect on the day.
Science Director Roger Highfield discusses how the internet is going off world, with Queen Elizabeth Prizewinner, Vint Cerf.
For a third year, the Science Museum Group has brought together science and poetry to celebrate National Poetry Day (5 October 2023).
Cities can play a key role in mitigating climate change, according to a new study.
Scientists in the UK can once again access the world’s largest research collaboration programme, Horizon Europe, a development described as ‘wonderful news for future scientists and innovators’ by Ian Blatchford, Director and Chief Executive of the Science Museum Group.
The computer giant IBM has developed an efficient chip that suggests the future of AI could rely on traditional ‘analogue’ computation, reports Science Director Roger Highfield.
Tropical forest canopies are edging closer to a critical high-temperature threshold of no return. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports on a study published today.
Inspired by World Photography Day, Associate Curator Rebecca Raven discusses studying and moving many thousands of photographic records to their new home.
A common emblem for medicine depicts one or two snakes coiling up a staff. This symbol, often referred to as a ‘caduceus’, has been frequently used as a pharmacy or healthcare company crest. However, the term ‘caduceus’ has a distinct meaning and historically has been confused with the real first medical symbol: the ‘Rod of Asclepius’.
Why is a foam stress ball now part of the Science Museum Group?
In 1998, the Science Museum delivered an ambitious, ground-breaking touring exhibition that took many of its most important objects to Japan. Treasures of the Science Museum showcased objects that had never left Britain before. Its Project Curator, Nick Wyatt, now the museum’s Keeper of Library and Archives, explores this project, and describes more recent cooperation with Japan.