Technology
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Museum of Science and Industry volunteer fires up rare example of earliest electrical light
The expertise of an electrical ace working behind the scenes in Manchester has allowed the public to see one of the earliest electrical lamps in action again.
Visitor wins motorbike which starred in Museum of Science and Industry Harley-Davidson show
A Lancashire doctor celebrates becoming one of the luckiest exhibition visitors of 2011 after winning an 883 Sportster with a raffle ticket bought on a family day out in Manchester.
The National Museum of Computing enjoys tablet resurrection of BBC Domesday Project
25 years after the BBC launched the Domesday Project to digitise public photos and text mapping out the UK, the Bletchley Park venue plays host to Domesday Reloaded.
Oxford experts' brain research on Rembrandts suggests public prefer the genuine article
Art historians and scientists have used brain scanners, 14 human guinea pigs and a set of fake and genuine Rembrandt works to prove that the way we view art is "not rational".
Avro Vulcan and Central Valve Steam Engine honoured with Engineering Heritage Awards
The Institute of Mechanical Engineers has given top awards to the famous Vulcan aircraft and the engine which powered most of Britain's electricity more than a century ago.
Robotville invades the Science Museum
This weekend, London's Science Museum will be taken over by a festival of European robotics to open a month-long celebration of robots. From child-sized Italian brainboxes to potential pets and......
University of Cambridge invites public to recreate Darwin's bid to read human emotions
The university uses its Festival of Ideas to launch an experiment where the public can recreate Darwin's tests for The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.
Daleks, martians, statues, Vikings and intoxication: Cambridge Festival of Ideas returns for 2011
Michael Moore can't make it and Tim Minchin and Richard Dawkins have long sold out. But it's the smaller draws at the University of Cambridge's festival which catch the eye.
Brighton Digital Festival inspires month of innovation
Brighton's digital festival offers interactive heists, flights to the sun, subsonic submarines and blockbuster films during an innovative month-long programme.
Science Museum announces first live gaming showdown in collaborative Player Festival
Giant pong, love calculators, sewing machine races and after-hours battles as London's Science Museum announces a gaming festival uniting design, theatre and technology.
Spaghetti eaters and lion tamers as The Mechanicals arrive at The Oxfordshire Museum
Entertaining automata from as far afield as Russia as the Woodstock venue repeats the success of its previous mechanical shows with a display aiming to inspire invention.
The Culture24/7: UK Science and Nature picks for June
Butterflies, dinosaurs and some top-notch festival action in our monthly science and nature round-up.
Ace inventor John Taylor installs giant "time-devouring" kinetic clock at Science Museum
A huge clock which took more than 100 workers two years to assemble is about to be put on display at the London centre.
In His Own Words: Adam Hart-Davis on James Watt and our World at the Science Museum
The broadcaster and huge Watt fan tells us why the inventor was one of the true heroes behind the Industrial Revolution.
James Watt and our World wings workshop of Industrial Revolution hero to Science Museum
The man whose invention powered the Industrial Revolution has his 8,000-item workshop moved to the Science Museum.
