Science and Technology

Join us for a fun, hands-on exhibition and discover how scientists are exploring ways of creating an environmentally friendly future.

Annie Hodgson of the University of York introduces an exhibition celebrating the history and future of the periodic table.

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

Discover archaeology’s long, complex and fascinating entanglement with photography – a relationship that continues into the digital age.

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

Maths writer Alex Bellos reveals the curious patterns behind our emotional responses to numbers - what they say about us and what’s important about them.

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

Prepare to marvel at what rare metals present in very weak concentration in the Earth’s crust can do - and to face the darker side of the digital revolution.

Leading palaeontologist Michael Benton explains why, though extinct, dinosaurs are still very much a part of our world.

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

Come and listen to top female scientists as they take science to the streets of York – standing on a soapbox!

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

Explore robots and AI technologies in this hands-on exhibition. Chat with Pepper the robot, programme your own Lego Mindstorm robot and watch a car being parked without anyone at the wheel.

Throughout history, people have feared new technology. Has such concern been justified? Should we be worried about the technologies emerging from this ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’?

Throughout history, people have feared new technology. Has such concern been justified? Should we be worried about the technologies emerging from this ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’?

Discover the wonders of technology as we showcase the transforming and exciting opportunities offered by the digital world.

Adult social care is high on both political and personal agendas. Could AI give us increased independence or will it fuel the ‘loneliness epidemic’?

Driverless vehicles and autonomous cars promise improved freedom and efficiency. But how do we live safely in a world of AI?

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

Learn about the ever-present wonderful world of ‘marvellous microbes’ with our family-friendly interactive demonstrations.

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

Author Rose George takes you on a journey of discovery through the unseen but miraculous world of blood.

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

What other wondrous worlds lie beyond our own? Join physicist James Lees for an exploration of real, fictional and hypothetical planets.

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

Stuart Firestein of Columbia University, USA, explores how science has made tremendous progress through a reliance on ignorance and failure.

Join developmental biologist Jim Smith and learn about his trail-blazing research into how the different types of cell in an embryo form at the right time and in the right place.

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

Enjoy an exhibition celebrating the wonders of the periodic table. Its centrepiece is a macramé periodic table, skilfully crafted using 200,000 knots.

Find out about the ‘dark side’ of the Moon and much more as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon landings with a hands-on, family-friendly workshop.

Find out about the ‘dark side’ of the Moon and much more as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon landings with a hands-on, family-friendly workshop.

Find out about the ‘dark side’ of the Moon and much more as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon landings with a hands-on, family-friendly workshop.