Science History
Final weekend full of fun as National Science and Engineering Week finishes with a flourish
Check out Culture24's guide to all the fun of National Science and Engineering Week this weekend.
A Terrible Beauty: Edward Wilson in Antarctica 1902-1912 at Brantwood
The works of Edward Wilson, artist, explorer, naturalist and doctor on the Scott expeditions to Antarctica are currently showing at Ruskin's former Lakeland home, Brantwood.
Museum of Science and Industry's Mini makes way for £7 million redevelopment
A Mini lifted by millions of people at the Museum of Science and Industry will be moved in a £7million project.
18th century botanist Sir John St Aubyn's Secret Life of a Collector in Plymouth
Botany from a colourful 18th century Plymouth baronet is about to go on show at the city's Museum and Art Gallery.
British Library puts Captain Scott's final diary online
Digital versions of Captain Scott's last three diaries have been made available online by the British Library as part of their ground-breaking Turning the Pages initiative.
National Museum of Computing announces inaugural UK Vintage Computer Festival
Hardcore hardware fans from across the UK will descend upon the National Museum of Computing's Bletchley Park home in June after organisers announced plans for the UK's first Vintage Computer...
NASA uses Yorkshire Museum meteorite to prepare for Mars trip
A team of scientists from America and Europe is visiting Yorkshire Museum to make a 3D Map of a 4,500 million-year-old Middlesbrough Meteorite they plan to send to Mars.
Brighton Science Festival gets set to blast into action for 2010
Robert Winston, dating chemistry in pubs, spaghetti towers and anatomical operas will collide in one of the early highlights of the 2010 calendar when the Brighton Science Festival returns in...
1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World at the Science Museum
An exhibition at London's Science Museum shows how modern inventions from fields as diverse as engineering, medicine and design can be traced back to Muslim civilisation.
Personal perceptions re-examined in phrenological Identity exhibition at Wellcome Collection
London's Wellcome Collection has procured the latest Big Brother diary room chair and a mirror filming visitors for new exhibition Identity: Eight Rooms, Nine Lives. Jennie Gillions takes a wander...
Fruity Plantastic show of robots and magical realms at World Museum Liverpool
From exploding seeds and piles of artificial dung to fruity pinball machines and vicious Venus flytraps, World Museum Liverpool's Plantastic show is set to excite families of all ages.
On the Move - Visualising Action at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
Futurist art and 19th century representations of scientific art form the new exhibition at the Estorick Collection, curated by writer and director Jonathan Miller. Ed Sexton takes a look.
Explosive new show will reveal blazing Secret of the Sun at Greenwich's Royal Observatory
As the nearest star to Earth and our supplier of light and energy, it has been a constant source of fascination for sky-gazers. A spectacular new show at the Royal Observatory reveals the violent...
Museum of Science and Industry begins £7 million renovation
The Museum of Science and Industry on the site of Britain's oldest railway station in Manchester will be transformed by new construction work that bosses hope will bring in a million visitors a year.
Cambridge University reveals Captain Scott's diaries via blogs and Twitter
Almost 100 years after his famous expedition, Captain Scott's diaries documenting his ill-fated treck to the South Pole are to be put online via a blog and Twitter by the Cambridge University...
