Highlights
Animations
Nature is full of chemicals – flavours, fragrances, medicines. Living systems have been making these useful chemicals for billions of years, but usually...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Latest Podcasts
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
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...
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...
Neuroscientist
Kate Watkins loved the sciences as a student, but wasn’t sure which area to focus on. By choosing to study Natural Sciences at Cambridge, she was able to...
Applied mathematician
I did a maths degree at Oxford but I got increasingly interested in applying maths to other areas of science as I learned more about how seemingly simple...
Plant Biologist
I always enjoyed the hands-on aspects of science experiments, mechanical gadgets and photography so by the time I went to Oxford university as an...
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...
Forty talented Oxford Academy pupils attended a two-week summer camp run by Oxford University.
An Oxford University scientist has been announced as the judges’ runner-up in the British Heart Foundation (BHF) national ‘...
Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed a new method to 3D-print laboratory-grown cells to form living structures...
Analysis of nearly 3,000 undergraduate leavers from Oxford University reveals there is no significant difference in career outcome...
Faith Fordham is on a journey.
After serving almost seven years as a Royal Navy medic, in Afghanistan, she was discharged from service in 2011. Faith left...
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...
21st
August
Afternoon Explorers: Rascally Reptiles
Get a close look at some of our rascally reptiles but don’t get too close to the crocodile! Take part in craft activities and see some of our scaly friends.