Roger Highfield

Here are a few of my latest articles. There are more in my archive.

Aug

SEE OUR UNIVERSE THROUGH A NEW LENS: SCIENCE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Judge and Science Director Roger Highfield discusses the Royal Photographic Society's first Science Photographer of the Year competition

Jul

Happy 100th Birthday, James Lovelock!

As we celebrate James Lovelock's 100th birthday, Roger Highfield reflects on his scientific achievements.

Jul

APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING: THE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENTS

Roger Highfield, Science Director, talks to Buzz Aldrin about the tense moments before the first lunar landing on July 20, 1969

Jul

COSMONAUT ALEXEI LEONOV'S RACE TO BE THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON

What if the Soviet hammer and sickle had been the first flag on the Moon, rather than the Stars and Stripes?

Jul

Buzz Aldrin, on the first moon landing

My interview with Buzz Aldrin, part of the Science Museum's Apollo 50th celebrations

Jul

Science on the new 50 pound note: Turing tops the shortlist

There were many leading contenders for the honour, such as Stephen Hawking, Srinivasa Ramanujan and Dorothy Hodgkin, says Roger Highfield

Jul

We are all to blame for the huge sexism problem faced by Wikipedia

Around 90 per cent of Wikipedia editors are men, while women make up only 17.8 per cent of biographies on the site. Physicist Jess Wade has a plan to change that

Jul

We can't switch to zero-carbon energy without nuclear power

Physicist and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili says nuclear power is still needed.

Jul

Our future is about collaboration between AI and humanity

Although algorithms can beat radiologists at spotting cancer in scans, humans and machines working together are much more powerful than either alone, says Marcus du Sautoy

Jul

Citizen scientists find clues to help predict devastating solar storms

Results of a University of Reading, Science Museum Group and Zooniverse citizen science experiment

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Roger Highfield was born in Wales, raised in North London and became the first person to bounce a neutron off a soap bubble. He was the Science Editor of The Daily Telegraph for two decades and the Editor of New Scientist between 2008 and 2011. Today, he is the Director of External Affairs at the Science Museum Group. Roger has written seven books and had thousands of articles published in newspapers and magazines. This is his personal website.