Animations
When people think of conservation, they often think that it is about saving species. Whilst this is partly true, conservation is actually much more than...
As you journey from childhood into your teen years and then into adulthood, your brain is changing in ways that might explain why the teen years can be a...
Machine learning is all around us; on our phones, powering social networks, helping the police and doctors, scientists and mayors. But how does it work? In...
Nature is full of chemicals – flavours, fragrances, medicines. Living systems have been making these useful chemicals for billions of years, but usually...
Social media has become a huge part of many of our lives. But do we really know where all that information goes? In this animation we look at the ways that...
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Do you remember life before Citymapper? Thanks to Transport for London opening its data, a new wave of innovative transport apps were made possible. This is...
Greenland has some many fascinating facts like it’s the world's largest island, it belongs to Denmark, it actually isn’t that green but mostly covered in...
Travel companies around the world profit from some of the cruellest types of wildlife tourist attractions on earth.
Whether it is riding elephants,...
You may have seen the story last year about an electric pod travelling 1.25 miles (2km) through pedestrianised areas of Milton Keynes, reaching speeds of up...
In this week’s episode of the Oxford Sparks Big Questions podcast we are diving into the world of TV and films and looking at what comes first: the science...
Scientists in the spotlight
Conservation Scientist
I’ve always loved being outdoors and surrounded by nature. From an early age I was fortunate enough to have experiences that taught me that protecting our...
Chemist
I have always been fascinated by how and why things work. In particular, when I was at school, I was interested in engines and fuels; but the engineering...
Principal and Professorial Research Fellow in Computer Science
I completed my undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Newcastle graduating with 1st Class Honours in 1978. My postgraduate...
DPhil Student in Conservation Biology
Victoria grew up in Lesotho and South Africa and has always had a passion for wildlife and protecting the environment. She obtained her B.Sc. Honours degree...
Latest News and Articles
In today’s political climate, science’s value to society is under threat and consistently questioned.
Yet in our everyday lives we reap the rewards of...
Women whose partners take advantage of flexible working hours see a significant increase in their own earnings.
In what was a landmark ruling, the highest court in the UK, yesterday declared employment tribunal fees to be ‘inconsistent to the access to justice.’
The...
Marieke Oudelaar from the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine explains how complex folding structures formed by DNA enable genetically identical cells...
Xanda, Cecil the lion’s oldest surviving son, has been shot and killed by hunters in Zimbabwe two years after his father’s death...
Eight Oxford academics have been made Fellows of the British Academy today (21 July).
10th
March
Brain Diaries
Event cost Free Disabled access? Yes Booking required Not required Further information can be found here.
An exhibition and series of events revealing how the latest neuroscience is transforming what we know about the lifelong development of our brains, from birth to the end of...
30th
July
Board Games and Medieval Medicine
The Museum is helping to develop new board games about medieval Islamic medicine. Help test our board games and give us your feedback.Drop-in, ages 7+. This event is running regularly on the last Sunday of every month.