Archive for August, 2011

Talk Science Course new dates

Here at the Science Museum we have noticed it’s summer outside the window (occasionally)… so the blog will be taking a break for a few weeks whilst we recharge our batteries! I will leave you with the new dates for the Talk Science course 2011-2012… The Talk Science course is all about running classroom discussions [...]

Blackberry riots

Under scrutiny: the role that social media has played in the recent riots that have swept the UK. Turns out Blackberry Messenger (BBM), a messaging app between blackberry users, was at the heart of how the word spread so far, so fast amongst Britain’s youth. BBM is free, secure, and has a feature where a user can [...]

Mending a broken heart

Last week a 40-year old heart patient became the first person in the UK to walk the streets with an entirely artificial heart. He even managed a pub lunch with his family! Thanks Kate for sending this over:) His plastic heart, which was implanted whilst he awaits a human heart transplant, is powered by a portable driver [...]

Coming LIVE! from Antenna

Have you ever visited the Antenna gallery at the Science Museum? It’s an ever-changing exhibition of science news and cutting edge research, where you can find out what’s bubbling and what’s buzzing, see some incredible objects (a dress made of thousands of paper cranes folded from the London Metro newspaper- how’s that for throwaway fashion?) [...]