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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.
25
Apr
A Shot Felt Around the World: Vaccines, Diplomacy, and the Power of Science
With the Injecting Hope tour reaching its final venue in India, Roger Highfield and Shalini Narayan describe how a unique partnership brought the story of COVID-19 vaccines to millions.
09
Apr
The most complete map of a brain is unveiled today
Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports on the latest milestone in what is billed as the most complicated neuroscience experiment ever.
13
Mar
Simulating Earth’s Evolution to Help Find Life on Other Planets
Can a computer predict the evolution of alien worlds? Roger Highfield, Science Director, talks to a newly awarded scientist about his quest to simulate how planets evolve
26
Feb
Could Antarctic winds prevent our climate passing a tipping point?
Science Director Roger Highfield describes a new study which suggests AMOC may avoid collapse this century, thanks to powerful winds that whip around Antarctica.
18
Feb
Daisyworld's warning: even an idealised world can be wrecked by tipping points
New research suggests that even the simplest computer model is vulnerable to climate tipping points. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports.
13
Feb
Émilie Du Châtelet: the scientific trailblazer who turned heads in Versailles
To celebrate our Versailles exhibition, Science Director Roger Highfield discusses the reevaluation of Émilie Du Châtelet’s crucial contribution to modern science.
23
Jan
Eleanor Maguire, neuroscientist who studied cabbies’ brains to explore the secrets of memory
‘I am absolutely appalling at finding my way around,’ she said. ‘I wondered, how are some people so bloody good and I am so terrible?’
20
Jan
Global survey dispels myth of trust crisis in science
A global survey of attitudes towards science is reassuring, though suggests scientists need to do more to engage with the public, says Science Director, Roger Highfield.