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Roger
Highfield
Roger Highfield: 80 per cent executive at the Science Museum Group / 20 per cent author, journalist and broadcaster.
Views expressed here are 100 per cent his own.
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Here are a few of my latest articles. There are more in my archive.
17
May
Why Will Smith Chose the Science Museum
The Hollywood star's favourite subject at school? Mathematics
10
May
Hawking and Heuer awarded Science Museum Fellowships
Professors Stephen Hawking and Rolf-Dieter Heuer have been made Fellows of the Science Museum, the highest accolade that the Museum can bestow upon an individual
01
May
The Healing Ways of History
Scientists have looked deep into the past in an effort to eradicate the cell mutations that cause disease, reports Roger Highfield.
03
Apr
'Epidermal electronics' tattoos: a giant step forward for cyborgs
A new skin patch that can monitor heart and brain functions could be used to enhance the body's well-being, reports Roger Highfield.
20
Mar
The new David Hockney animated Hawking portrait
Imagine being able to see David Hockney create a new work, stroke by stroke, before your very eyes. Now imagine this work is a portrait, providing an insight into the way Hockney composes his famous likenesses.
06
Mar
Yogurt that might stop a heart attack
Our guts are home to a microscopic world - and their contents may be a matter of life or death, reports Roger Highfield.
29
Feb
Stephen Hawking visits the Science Museum
Prof Stephen Hawking signalled his return to health today with a public visit to a special exhibit to celebrate his birthday, on show at the Science Museum in London.
22
Feb
Interview with Nigel Shadbolt on open data and the information age
Nigel Shadbolt FREng, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Southampton, in conversation with Dr Roger Highfield.
07
Feb
Why bonuses feel so unfair
Sharing the wealth is so ingrained that people may prefer the economy to crumble rather than allow 'greed' to succeed. Roger Highfield explains.