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Shadows of former King's College labs fill Somerset House Inigo Rooms in Plant Science
An installation art duo are carrying out a reclamation of the "oddly significant" artefacts from a doomed set of labs where leading scientists once worked in London.
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.
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".
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.
"An eerie, magical feeling": Katie Paterson takes a history of life to Kettle's Yard
Having explored mammoth teeth, dragonfly wings and the bones of bears during a residency alongside scientists, Katie Paterson's new exhibition is a miniature history of life.
Letter written by Captain Scott as he lay dying in Antarctic to go on show at Polar Museum
The Scott Polar Research Institute, in Cambridge, has acquired one of Captain Scott's "last letters", buying one of his only dispatches still in private hands for £79,000.
Ice Age returns: Brighton Museum Chilled to the Bone
Did curators in Brighton have one eye on the forecast when they were formulating their new Ice Age exhibition? Sarah Jackson takes a look at cave bear skulls, hand axes and orangutan jaws.
Foreign Bodies unites swallowed swords and bicycles from UCL vaults
Curated from across University College London's four museums, a display of surgical curiosities and ancient artefacts ponders all things alien and inorganic to our bodies.
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.
This Unrivalled Collection: The Hunterian's First Catalogue revisited in Glasgow
A century after Captain James Laskey did a fine job of compiling Scotland's first museum catalogue, the three-toed sloths, stones, shields and Mastodon teeth are back.
Scottish Women of Science: Edinburgh library is Celebrating Trailblazers from our Past
Having narrowed it down to 11 women working as far back as the 18th century, the National Library of Scotland presents some of the stories of brilliant Scottish scientists.
Curator's Choice: Mark Carnall on the Micrarium at the Grant Museum in London
Obsolete in teaching, limited for research use, poorly documented and a "nightmare" to interpret, Curator Mark Carnall tells us about the Grant's wondrous office of slides.
Six snappers take photo journey to Coast of Copeland at Whitehaven's Beacon
In an exhibition they reckon might be their last, a photographic history group who have called The Beacon home for 18 years survey 45 miles of "devastatingly beautiful" coast.
