Roger Highfield

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

Mar

SCIENTISTS ISSUE ‘FINAL WARNING’ IN IPCC REPORT

Roger Highfield, Science Director, discusses today’s landmark IPCC report on the climate crisis, a ‘final warning’ from scientists: act now or it will be too late.

Mar

The UK’s lack of long-term vision on supercomputing does not compute

The exascale machine referenced in the budget will be expensive, but the price of strategic missteps is higher, say Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield

Mar

How far should fertility science go? Have your say!

Roger Highfield, Science Director, discusses the new consultation by the HFEA regulator that aims to update fertility law.

Mar

NET ZERO AVIATION: HUGE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Roger Highfield, Science Director, discusses a report published today (28 February 2023) on the prospect of green aviation.

Dec

Beating the Next Disease X

Dr Richard Hatchett (CEO of CEPI) sat down with Roger Highfield OBE (Director of Science at the Science Museum) to discuss how CEPI plans to help the world compress vaccine development

Dec

Beating the Next Disease X - with Dr Richard Hatchett and Roger Highfield

Video of event to mark the launch of the Injecting Hope exhibition at the Science Museum

Dec

How to beat the next pandemic in just 100 days

Roger Highfield discusses the $3.5 billion pandemic vaccine development plan of CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, with its CEO, Richard Hatchett.

Nov

COP27: DISAPPOINTING, DESPITE HISTORIC LOSS-AND-DAMAGE FUND

Roger Highfield, Science Director, rounds up the reaction to the latest UN Climate Change Conference, COP27

Oct

COP27: PRESSURE MOUNTS FOR URGENT ACTION ON CLIMATE EMERGENCY

Roger Highfield, Science Director, reports on how the need for urgent action to curb climate change has intensified as the UK’s presidency of COP26 draws to a close.

Oct

James Lovelock RIP: The death of scientific independence?

James Lovelock was a visionary whose greatest ideas were made possible by his unshakeable independence

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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.