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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.
07
Nov
How lasers and atoms could change the future of computation
At the National Quantum Computing Centre, Science Director Roger Highfield discovers how atoms wrangled by laser beams are powering a remarkable new kind of computer
28
Oct
How Britain can harness the AI revolution
Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports on an AI discussion at the Bradford Science Festival.
27
Oct
Why treadmills soothe our minds and joysticks sharpen wits
Detailed findings of a pioneering 'brain and body' study developed for the Manchester Science Festival have just been published, reports Science Director, and study co-author, Roger Highfield.
02
Oct
A message from the dark genome: the genetic ghosts that haunt and help us
Long dismissed as genetic junk, the dark genome is stepping into the spotlight, revealing how ancient viral remnants and rogue DNA elements impact evolution and disease.
15
Sep
How Did Our Universe Begin? | Stephen Hawking's Beach Ball
Join Roger Highfield and Charles Bennett on a journey to discover how this beach ball contains the key to understanding our very beginning.
15
Sep
Life Lessons
Edith Heard, described by the Financial Times as "the epitome of a European scientist", talks to Roger Highfield.
10
Sep
Billion year trickle on asteroid Ryugu revises the origins of Earth’s water
As the Science Museum prepares to unveil its new Space gallery next week, Science Director Roger Highfield reports on a new discovery about the source of Earth’s water.
04
Sep
The Future of Wheat: How Science Could Reinvent a Top Protein Source
Inspired by the Science Museum’s Future of Food exhibition, Science Director Roger Highfield asks: what role will wheat play in feeding a warming world?
21
Aug
Vanishing Africa: Through Mirella Ricciardi’s Lens
Images taken six decades ago by the Mirella Ricciardi reveal the landscapes, wildlife and people of East Africa poised on the brink of transformation by climate change.
18
Aug
The Cancer Revolution comes to Ireland
The Cancer Revolution exhibition has opened in Dublin. ?Roger Highfield, Science Director, attended the launch.