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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.
10
Sep
Billion year trickle on asteroid Ryugu revises the origins of Earth’s water
As the Science Museum prepares to unveil its new Space gallery next week, Science Director Roger Highfield reports on a new discovery about the source of Earth’s water.
04
Sep
The Future of Wheat: How Science Could Reinvent a Top Protein Source
Inspired by the Science Museum’s Future of Food exhibition, Science Director Roger Highfield asks: what role will wheat play in feeding a warming world?
21
Aug
Vanishing Africa: Through Mirella Ricciardi’s Lens
Images taken six decades ago by the Mirella Ricciardi reveal the landscapes, wildlife and people of East Africa poised on the brink of transformation by climate change.
18
Aug
The Cancer Revolution comes to Ireland
The Cancer Revolution exhibition has opened in Dublin. ?Roger Highfield, Science Director, attended the launch.
25
Jun
The £7.5 Million AI Challenge That Could Crack Motor Neurone Disease
The new Longitude Prize aims to do what medicine has long struggled with: harness AI and global collaboration to unlock life-saving treatments for one of the most devastating diseases.
18
Jun
The Climate Diet: How Global Warming is Cutting the World’s Calories
A new study finds global warming could wipe out 24% of staple-crop calories—roughly equivalent to missing a meal, every day – by the end of this century
12
Jun
Rain in Five Minutes
With AI and cloud computing, the Met Office is poised to transform how—and where—we see the weather coming, reports Science Director Roger Highfield.
20
May
Paris Climate Goal Too Weak: Ice Sheet Study Demands Urgent Climate Action
A new study which says the world’s “safe” climate limit may be closer to 1°C—not 1.5°C—as ice loss accelerates and irreversible sea level rise looms.
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.