A guest blog from our Summer placement students Janice Wu and Ying Luo
Janice and Ying at work preparing some mollusc shells for digitisation
The digitisation team started a mass approach to [...]
National Insect Week blog by Louise Berridge
Rev. Alfred Edwin Eaton (1844-1929) – photograph reproduced with permission,from the collection of the Royal Entomological Society
Most of the [...]
If we want to create advocates for the planet and meet our mission of galvanising a movement of millions around the planet to speak up and act for nature, then we need to be the most inclusive Museum [...]
Find out how our new pond will help the wildlife in the Museum gardens to thrive.
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This blog is guest-written by Ameyalli Rios Vázquez from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, a collaborator with the Museum on the Big Seaweed Search Mexico project.
After an amazing two [...]
CHM honors its 2023 Fellows at the annual award ceremony. Learn more about new inductees Rodney Brooks, Thomas Kurtz, and Barbara Liskov.
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Senior Curator Dag Spicer assesses the state of quantum computing on the occasion of Infineon's recent donation to CHM of an ion trapping quantum processor prototype.
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Can AI be a partner with the power to unlock humanity's full potential? Reid Hoffman, cofounder of Inflection AI and former board member of OpenAI, shared his insights and hopes for the future.
The [...]
What exactly is the future of news in our data-driven world? Journalists, experts, and news innovators offer some surprising answers.
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Only one month to go until Christmas! If you’re looking for inspiration, our online shop is packed full of stellar gifts for everyone.
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When you walk up Exhibition Road towards Hyde Park, passing by the shrapnel pocked façade of the Victoria and Albert Museum, to the west you will see a small road that appears to end in an ornate [...]
With one of the Doctor's most feared enemies appearing in a new, free display at the Science Museum, curator Dr. Glyn Morgan looks at how the show continues to inspire fan devotion and [...]
Conservation Assistant Beth Potts explores how an important part of conservation involves staring down a microscope at insects and other bugs.
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On Tuesday 7 November we revealed a large-scale virtual model of a human heart in the Engineers gallery.
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