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Futuristic rave gear and Noah's Ark in Spaceship Unbound at Castlefield Gallery
A group show at Manchester's Castlefield Gallery takes Margaret Atwood's post-apocalypse novel, The Year of the Flood, as a starting point.
Count Duckula's Igor the Butler back on disapproving form for MOSI animation display
Rescued from the skip in 2010, a statue of a cult cartoon character will stand at the entrance to a summer show in Manchester following careful surgery on his severed limbs.
Science Museum Group outlines "real threat" to three science museums in the north
Ahead of an expected 10% budget cut in this month's spending review, leaders say a £6 million annual deficit could cause one of the north's popular science museums to close.
The Culture24/7: Your June 2013 Science and Nature highlights
From Bournemouth to Inverness, there are five impressive science festivals to choose from this month, as well as a couple of excellent new exhibitions.
Museum of Industry honours heroes of planes and trains in packed easter programme
Medals given to Jack Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown, the men who made the first non-stop Transatlantic flight, have gone on show in an all-singing Easter at the MOSI.
Science Culture24/7: Seismic stations, liposuction fat and insect eating for April 2013
Bones in Coventry, pests in London, steel science in Sheffield and rumbles and groans in Manchester in our round-up of some Science and Nature highlights this month.
Beneath and Beyond takes seismic upheaval to the Museum of Science and Industry
Live seismic recordings from 50 stations around the world – including ones beneath Greater Manchester – help create a unique sound and video installation at the MOSI.
Museum of Science and Industry prepares to welcome BBC One antiques show
Flog It!, the BBC's long-running show in which the public get to find out whether their antiques are worth a fortune, is about to hold a valuation day in Manchester.
The Culture24/7: Herculaneum History and Heritage for March 2013
The British Museum's blockbuster on Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum catches the eye this month. Tudors, teeth and International Women's Day also feature.
Rosa Barba twins Manchester with Margate in Subject to Constant Change at Cornerhouse
Smoke, lighting, 60 years' of dust and a team of arts enthusiasts helped artist Rosa Barba create a film looking at the forgotten architecture of north and south.
DIY and whistling conjure up a housebound father in Michael Landy show at Whitworth
The Whitworth in Manchester is showing a video spinoff from Michael Landy's milestone installation at Tate Britain, Semi Detached.
Raspberry Pi chicken shames cupboard raiders on Twitter as MOSI teams up with uni
The Museum of Science and Industry's STEM team and the University of Manchester have collaborated on a series of workshops allowing children to create revolutionary gadgets.
Sigune Hamann's Wave provides complex interaction of gestures and greetings at MOSI
Visitors to Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry don't know whether they are coming or going with Sigune Hamann's photographs and videos of people waving.
Johan Oldekop's amazing Amazon in All Other Things Being Equal at the Manchester Museum
A four-year project working with rural communities on conservation efforts in Ecuador is the focus for an exhibition of photos, sound and stats in Manchester.
Culture24/7: A scintillating Science and Nature selection box to round off your 2012
"Hackable" table-tennis games, Arctic gnomes and a trip to Ecuador in our pick of seven Science and Nature exhibitions to keep an eye on this December.
