Roger Highfield

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

Mar

From an Asteroid Grain to Earth and a Thousand Distant Skies

A speck of asteroid dust, a prize-winning scientist, and new space missions will provide profound new insights into the search for life in the universe. Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports.

Mar

Life lessons with Kate Bingham

Venture capitalist and Crick board member Kate Bingham shares lessons from her 30-year career, including her inspirations, her advice on working with government, and building tree houses.

Feb

in the beginning

A tiny self-copying molecule offers the clearest answer yet to the mystery of the origins of biology, reports Science Director Roger Highfield.

Jan

British Ambassador’s Fight for Survival Highlights Brazil’s Dengue Breakthrough

Roger Highfield talks to a diplomat and leading researcher about the importance of a new vaccine and why often-overlooked illnesses demand global attention.

Jan

Science must reimagine public engagement in an era of uncertainty

Our best defence against AI and algorithm overload is truly understanding science, writes Roger Highfield

Jan

AI needs physics more than physics needs AI

By Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield, in Frontiers in Physics

Jan

Britain's Science Paradox

More people are talking about science than ever, but fewer know what to think about it, report Roger Highfield and Lauren Souter.

Dec

AI needs physics more than physics needs AI

Roadmap for the adoption of 'Big AI': a synthesis of theory-based rigour with the flexibility of machine learning.

Dec

Tidy Fix for Messy DNA: One Tool to Tackle Thousands of Genetic Diseases

Science Director Roger Highfield and Curator Sarah Bond?talk to the American molecular biologist David Liu about his?new gene editing strategy

Dec

How science is shaping a city

Science Director Roger Highfield describes an interactive art installation that reveals the extraordinary power of the Born in Bradford health study.

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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.