Textile production and computing—two of Manchester’s most important historic industries—are brought together in the Jacquard loom, on display in our Textiles Gallery.
Director of the North West Film Archive, Marion Hewitt, gets excited about discovery and decay.
Aaaah robots on camera, dontcha just love ‘em? We’ve been putting robots on screen for almost as long as we’ve been making films.
This year, as part of Manchester Science Festival, we are working with Cornbrook Creative as they present A Grand Exposition: a three-day celebration of art, science, and the creativity that connects them both.
Why do we go to Antarctica to search for space rocks?
Robots and artificially intelligent beings in films are often used as a way to explore what makes us uniquely human.
Louise Brown was conceived 40 years ago this month, launching a revolution in reproductive medicine that has seen millions of test tube babies born worldwide.
The more human a robot appears, the more unsettling we find it. How should we treat robots once they become indistinguishable, in both looks and actions, from real humans?
Did you know there’s a Hollywood star who also has a secret life as a scientist?
Patient X explores the concept of the super spreader, an asymptomatic person who carries and transmits a virus to a wide group of people, but who doesn’t always exhibit any of its symptoms.
One of the most pressing questions of today’s 24/7, sleep-deprived, high-pressure society is: if I am so stressed that I am not getting enough slumber, is it going to make me dumber?
Space rocks that fall from the far reaches of the asteroid belt can unlock the secrets of the earth’s history.