Theme: Science out of the Lab

The Compatibility Gene

A global journey of discovery spanning 60 years, involving scores of scientists, and encompassing the history of transplants and immunology - revealing astonishing links between who we are as individuals and our never-ceasing struggle to survive disease

Using Computers to Unlock the Secrets of Bones, Teeth and Shells

Find out how, by looking at the details of the atomic motions using computer simulations, we can see how soft organic matter can control the growth and shape of hard minerals

Order from Chaos, then Chaos from Order: Dust, planets and meteorites

Monica Grady will explore how the Solar System formed, and what we can learn about this from meteorites

Craters, Collisions and Catastrophes

Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, describes some of the biggest explosions in the history of our Solar System and looks at how we might try to prevent them in future

Smashing Physics

Leading ATLAS collaboration member, Jon Butterworth will tell the story of the discovery of the Higgs boson - the amazing machines, the people, the science, the politics, and the consequences

Science out of the Lab

A hands-on, interactive event which will bring local scientists and their research out onto the streets of York

Space F!ght: Audio Visual Experience of Ozone Data

Space F!ght is an audio-visual show which uses satellite ozone data to control improvisation and 3D visualisations

Science out of the Lab

A hands-on, interactive event which will bring local scientists and their research out onto the streets of York

Science Museum Live presents: The Energy Show Thursday 12th June

Two futuristic science students race against time to prove their knowledge of energy - they explore, experiment and explode anything and everything they can find, live on stage

Science Museum Live presents: The Energy Show Wednesday 11th June

Two futuristic science students race against time to prove their knowledge of energy - they explore, experiment and explode anything and everything they can find, live on stage