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‘I was told there were no stuffed rats available in London’: How the East London Health Project told a visual story

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/east-london-health-project-a-visual-story/
By Gabrielle Bryan-Quamina

…continued to take place and the COVID-19 crisis demonstrated how these factors have rendered the service a shadow of its former self. It remains the dedication of the staff who…

Britain’s Science Paradox

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/britains-science-paradox/
By Science Museum Group

…top of many rankings. In an age of abundant information, uncertainty – not ignorance – has become the defining public mood. This is the first survey since Covid-19 thrust scientists…

Our commitment to inclusive storytelling

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/our-commitment-to-inclusive-storytelling/
By Sally MacDonald

…generations of medical, scientific, cultural and personal responses to the challenging period and chronicle its impact on society. The first vial of COVID vaccine used in a mass immunisation programme…

Gwneud yng Nghymru: Made in Wales

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/gwneud-yng-nghymru-made-in-wales/
By Lautra Humphreys

…at home. Their research established that this was a safe and low-risk practice which allowed treatment of symptoms to happen quickly and effectively. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this became standard…

Climate Change: Why Should We Care? panel discussion

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/climatechangewhyshouldwecare/
By Julia Knights

…that while COVID-19 has dominated the past year, climate change represents ‘a far bigger far and more enduring threat’. Who better to set out that threat for the audience than…

Locked in, still out

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/locked-in-still-out/
By Alice Parsons

…are taken into our post-Covid world so that we can increase access and inclusivity in the LGBTQ+ movement for everybody. FURTHER READING AND VIEWING Queer Intentions by Amelia Abraham Tales…

Cambridge Racing Eight: The 1934 Boat Race Winner

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/cambridge-racing-eight/
By Science Museum Group

The annual boat race began in 1856, with men’s and women’s races both taking place from 1964, and the race only pausing for world wars and the COVID-19 pandemic. Around…

Modernist cheesecakes and DIY spectrometers: how universities helped students make their own labs

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/students-diy-lab-kits-lockdown/
By Science Museum Group

…– of teaching chemical sciences outside a managed university laboratory. As part of the Science Museum Group’s COVID-19 collecting project, we’ve collected two university chemistry departments’ responses to teaching their…

Does Tech Discriminate? Panel discussion

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/does-tech-discriminate/
By Freya Barry

…discoveries including the development of the latest COVID-19 vaccines. Malika Malik added that AI is the ability of a computer or machine to mimic its capability of human intelligence. But…

Temporary closure

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/temporary-closure/
By Sir Ian Blatchford

…thoughts are with all of those who have been affected by COVID-19. Our museums have a vital role to play in uplifting and inspiring the public and we look forward…

Art at the NCC: Adapting through the Pandemic

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/art-at-the-ncc-adapting-through-the-pandemic/
By Jessica Bradford

…and what kinds of research sessions or open days might take place. As the COVID-19 pandemic forced the UK into a national lockdown we pivoted to online working. Despite it…

Update from Ian Blatchford

https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/update-from-ian-blatchford/
By Sir Ian Blatchford

…spread of COVID-19, we remain in the grip of a global crisis. Like the communities we serve, and so many other cultural organisations, the Science Museum Group has been hit…