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Roger Highfield: 80 per cent executive at the Science Museum Group / 20 per cent author, journalist and broadcaster.
Views expressed here are 100 per cent his own.
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Here are a few of my latest articles. There are more in my archive.
06
Nov
Movies reveal the brain at work
Neuroscientists have harnessed Hollywood to chart the most detailed functional map of the brain to date. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports.
23
Oct
how to test the world
Roger Highfield, Science Director, talks to Dr Conor Wild about a high-profile festival online brain game experiment, which showed that eSports are better for cognition than sports.
22
Oct
State of Mind: How art inspired science to inspire art
Roger Highfield, Science Director, discusses Manchester Science Festival's latest installation with the neuroscientist and artist who created the colourful immersive experience.
18
Oct
esports boost cognition more than sports
The professor behind a pioneering online ‘brain and body’ study unveils its findings this week at the Manchester Science Festival
18
Oct
vanishing amazon
Mirella Ricciardi’s photography is a remarkable lens through which to view the Amazon’s indigenous tribes, its ecosystem, and the future of the global climate system.
02
Oct
Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine and Change Your Life
The Science podcast, with Angela Saini
26
Sep
Aviation can still achieve Net-Zero by 2050, says a new report
A five-year roadmap to help the aviation sector achieve net-zero climate impact by 2050 is published today by a Cambridge University team.
20
Sep
Half a billion years of climate change was driven by carbon dioxide levels, concludes study
Evidence is published today that human-generated atmospheric carbon dioxide is boosting Earth’s surface temperature faster than ever, reports Science Director Roger Highfield.
15
Sep
Stephen Hawking: Genius at Work
Roger Highfield and Martin Rees in conversation with Alex O'Brien