Science and Technology

Ahead of the 2024 Olympics taking place in Paris this summer, our expert speakers, including double Olympic Champion Dame Kelly Holmes, explore elite sports.

Bring along your smartphone for an interactive nature tour as your guides demonstrate how to get involved in citizen science.

Find out how radiologists are able to detect disease without seeing the presence of a lesion and up to three years before the onset of cancer. Join psychologist Karla Evans.

Discover how the sporting world is harnessing the power of statistics to gain a competitive advantage with Jessica Hargreaves and Ben Powell of the University of York.

Richard Hawkins and Philippa Ryan of the Centre for Assuring Autonomy discuss whether we can trust AI to behave safely all the time.

Discover how our sense of touch impacts how we consume journalistic content - especially in the digital world - with Sarah Cooper of York St John University.

Hear some fascinating facts about sharks as marine scientist Daniel C. Abel debunks myths, describes their lives and explores our love/hate relationship with them.

Join historian Mary Garrison, physicist James Lees and mathematician Pierre-Philippe Dechant at an informal session in the ancient and medieval arithmetical gymnasium.

Join us on a journey through technological change from books to AI. Can we engage with the ethics and practicalities or will we just succumb to panic?

Discover how recent breakthroughs in longevity research offer clues about human ageing with Coleen T Murphy, Director of Princeton University’s Glenn Foundation for Research on Aging.

Pioneering experimental neurobiologist William Harris provides a revelatory tale of how the human brain develops, from conception to birth and beyond.

Art historian Henrike Lange of the University of California at Berkeley takes you on a unique behind-the-scenes investigation of total solar eclipses.

Following its renovation, the magnificent Notre Dame Cathedral reopens this year. Using this event as the starting point, our panel of experts reflects on how to preserve our heritage.

Does our brain fall asleep? Is there any value in dreaming? Neuroscience, psychology and philosophy join forces to answer these and other fascinating questions.

Are we alone? Prepare for a scientific and cultural adventure through our ideas about extraterrestrial life and the cosmos with science writer Jaime Green.

Explore an interactive art-science exhibition of sculptures and prints that takes inspiration from (clean) air and air pollution science.

How does DNA actually look and work? Agnes Noy of the University of York presents the highest-resolution images ever captured of a DNA molecule ‘dancing' inside our cells.

Set in the city of Bangalore, India, the innovative board game Birds in the City helps you to understand the links between urbanisation and bird diversity.

Join us at York St John University for hands-on activities and discover how biomedical scientists conduct specialist tests to support the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Listen to top female and nonbinary scientists as they take science to the streets of York - while standing on a soapbox.

From autonomous aerial vehicles to robotic arms, find out about research being carried out at the Institute for Safe Autonomy at the University of York.

Find out how herbal extracts are developed into pure drugs, and how animals such as chimpanzees and cats self-medicate.

Join an interactive workshop to explore what the future of energy in York could look like and discover how the Solar City York project aims to use York’s rooftops for clean, green energy generation.

Join York astronomer Emily Brunsden and science nerd Chris Stewart for tales from our wild and wonderful universe as the Syzygy astronomy podcast goes live.

Explore an interactive art-science exhibition of sculptures and prints that takes inspiration from (clean) air and air pollution science.

Uncover the ancient, natural and scientific secrets of the city as expert guides bring little-known stories and forgotten characters to life on a York’s Hidden History tour.

Hear from some of the next generation of biomedical researchers as they explain how their work is unravelling the secrets of chronic and infectious diseases.

Join David Trousdale, Technical Director of Transport Decarbonisation at WSP, for a discussion on electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

Writer Siddarth Shrikanth, an expert in green investing, sets out how to make our economies work with, not against, our living planet.

Explore the potential of poo and discover how this natural resource can be turned into a range of sustainable options. Our event features a panel discussion and hands-on activities.

Our digital footprints are getting larger and larger. Physicist James Lees examines the issues scientists and engineers face as they look to create new technologies that remain affordable.

Explore an interactive art-science exhibition of sculptures and prints that takes inspiration from (clean) air and air pollution science.

Uncover the ancient, natural and scientific secrets of the city as expert guides bring little-known stories and forgotten characters to life on a York’s Hidden History tour.

Explore an interactive art-science exhibition of sculptures and prints that takes inspiration from (clean) air and air pollution science.

Ever wondered why we have body odour? Microbiologist Gavin Thomas and his colleagues from the Universities of York and Hull explain what BO is and how it’s made on our bodies.

Explore an interactive art-science exhibition of sculptures and prints that takes inspiration from (clean) air and air pollution science.

Do you want to help tackle climate change? Our Climate Fresk workshop will teach you the science behind climate change and empower you to take action.

Explore an interactive art-science exhibition of sculptures and prints that takes inspiration from (clean) air and air pollution science.

Uncover the ancient, natural and scientific secrets of the city as expert guides bring little-known stories and forgotten characters to life on a York’s Hidden History tour.

Speakers including Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, discuss the power of chemistry to tackle air pollution and provide clean air solutions.

Explore an interactive art-science exhibition of sculptures and prints that takes inspiration from (clean) air and air pollution science.

Uncover the ancient, natural and scientific secrets of the city as expert guides bring little-known stories and forgotten characters to life on a York’s Hidden History tour.