*Please note some sections of this website are not updating accurately and so may be out of date. Apologies.* I’m a researcher in the field of ancient DNA (aDNA) and museum-based genomics, with a ...

You have the power to make a real impact on the planet. Generation Hope is an annual programme led in collaboration with young climate and nature leaders from around the world. It’s all about ...

It’s not little green men with flying saucers and laser guns that scientists are worried about, instead our foes will be much ...

Compiled by the Wellcome Sanger Institute and published in Frontier Economics, it is thought that sequencing all species from ...

Scientists have discovered a lot about space, how it works and the things in it, but there are still loads of mysteries left to solve. Space is the vast expanse of the universe where energy and matter ...

How and why the Cambrian explosion occurred has been the subject of debate ever since fossils of this remarkable event were ...

The spiders commonly known as false widow spiders belong to the scientific group Steatoda. Because of their general resemblance to the much more notorious black widow spiders (Latrodectus), they can ...

Prepare your moves to get the earth quaking, get ready to heat up the dancefloor and make meteoric waves into an unforgettable 2026. Stellar entertainment and activities will be back by popular demand ...

Open daily except 24-26 December. Free, permanent gallery. Floor 2 of our Red Zone. Download the Museum map. Epic forces are at work every day, changing the face of our planet. Through dramatic film ...

Natural selection is a mechanism of evolution. Organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success. This process causes ...

One of the highlight specimens in our Human Evolution gallery is the fossil skull known as Gibraltar 1. It is the first adult Neanderthal skull ever discovered. Model-maker Jez Gibson-Harris and ...

The mystery of a controversial fossil, once believed to be the oldest known octopus, has finally been resolved. First ...