Roger Highfield

Here are a few of my latest articles. There are more in my archive.

Dec

How to beat the next pandemic in just 100 days

Roger Highfield discusses the $3.5 billion pandemic vaccine development plan of CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, with its CEO, Richard Hatchett.

Nov

COP27: DISAPPOINTING, DESPITE HISTORIC LOSS-AND-DAMAGE FUND

Roger Highfield, Science Director, rounds up the reaction to the latest UN Climate Change Conference, COP27

Oct

COP27: PRESSURE MOUNTS FOR URGENT ACTION ON CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports on how the need for urgent action to curb climate change has intensified as the UK’s presidency of COP26 draws to a close.

Oct

James Lovelock RIP: The death of scientific independence?

James Lovelock was a visionary whose greatest ideas were made possible by his unshakeable independence

Oct

Thinking Better; The Art of the Shortcut: Marcus Du Sautoy in conversation with Roger Highfield

Video of session at the JLF, Soneva Fushi

Oct

DIGITAL ASSISTANTS: TRUST-PERSONALITY LINK REVEALED BY MSF SURVEY

Many of us have welcomed Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant and Cortana into our homes. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports on the surprising results of a new survey of how the public see them

Oct

COULD BRITAIN LEAD THE GLOBAL RACE TO COMMERCIAL FUSION POWER?

Roger Highfield, Science Director, talks to Professor Ian Chapman, CEO of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, about the announcement of a site for the UK’s first electricity generating fusion plant.

Sep

A Brief History of Broadcasting

David Attenborough has been on television for seven decades. Roger Highfield, Science Director, talks to him about the huge changes he has witnessed since he started out with the BBC

Sep

How to sum up the spirit of Braemar?

Roger Highfield discusses the leading figures who took part in the second Braemar summit, or 'McDavos'

Sep

DECARBONISING GLOBAL ENERGY BY 2050 COULD SAVE TRILLIONS

Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports on an recently published study from Oxford University that suggests a fast transition to clean energy will cost less than a slow or no transition.

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Roger Highfield was born in Wales, raised in North London and became the first person to bounce a neutron off a soap bubble. He was the Science Editor of The Daily Telegraph for two decades and the Editor of New Scientist between 2008 and 2011. Today, he is the Director of External Affairs at the Science Museum Group. Roger has written seven books and had thousands of articles published in newspapers and magazines. This is his personal website.