Science & Nature

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Museums at Night Report: Bat walking through the scented woodlands at Hatchlands Park

For Museums at Night Amy Strike heads through the bluebell-scented woodlands of Hatchalnds Park for a bat walk in search of Barbastelles and Pipistrelles...

Museums at Night is here: the annual festival of after-hours cultural openings begins

What will you do? Museums at Night, Culture24's festival of after-hours openings in the UK's cultural venues, begins. There are 582 events taking place at 411 venues right across the UK.

Museums at Night 2013: An Evening with Simon Mayo and Itch at the Royal Institution

The author, broadcaster and film reviewer introduces his new book and presents a series of demos, workshops and activities for kids in London.

Museums at Night 2013: Andrew Lane's Lost Worlds at Barts Pathology Museum

Andrew Lane, the author of the Young Sherlock Holmes series, is heading to the wondrous Bart's Pathology Museum for a special reading for Museums at Night.

Rustless: Harry Brearley and the Impact of Stainless on Everyday Life at Kelham Island

A century after Harry Brearley hit upon the formula for "rustless" steel, a renamed room and two displays at Kelham Island Museum honour the Sheffield lad's achievements.

Seeds of Change: Artist and Arnolfini create A Floating Ballast Seed Garden in Bristol

An ongoing investigation by Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves into ballast flora in the port cities of Europe has birthed an inimitable botanical landmark in Bristol.

Culture24/7: Science and Nature highlights for May 2013

From the Thames and Kew Gardens to Greenland and journeys through the Earth, May is an inspiring month in Science and Nature. Here are a few exhibitions we've spotted.

Our Time in Ice reflects on a fragile spring at Brighton's ONCA Gallery

The second exhibition at a gallery attuned to climate concerns is a strikingly simple and multi-disciplinary one, says Mary Stevens.

Science Museum announces details of huge £15.6 million Information Age gallery

Charting communications from the 19th century to the internet age, organisers say the largest exhibition space at London's Science Museum is a "landmark project".

Mariele Neudecker – Heterotopias and Other Domestic Landscapes at the Brighton Festival

Mariele Neudecker's three-storey show at Brighton's Regency Town House could represent the German installation artist's most ambitious work to date, says Mary Stevens.

"Impossibly excited" Watershed organisers launch search for Magician in Residence

Watershed is inviting applications in a search for a magician, artist, illusionist or designer to take part in a two-month project at the Bristol venue.

Spiders for lunch and Nordic Food Labs as the Wellcome Collection plays part in Pestival

An infestation of art and events at the Wellcome Collection, where Insects au Gratin and Insects vs Humans are on the menu as part of the phobia-exploring Pestival.

Kraftwerk-inspired album made with Minimoogs and synthesizers for Bletchley Park

Having been mastered using retro effects in Las Vegas, an album of electronica is about to go on sale in support of educational plans at The National Museum of Computing.

Science Museum to reveal "extraordinary" Large Hadron Collider laboratory

Theatre, video, sound art, 15-metre magnets and "virtual" scientists are among the plans revealed by The Science Museum for its recreation of the Large Hadron Collider lab.