Science Museum - Lates: The Next Big Thing

Get the lowdown on our upcoming events, including our monthly Lates evening, a one day symposium exploring photography, art and science and our new blockbuster exhibition, Cosmonauts.

Join us in our search for the Next Big Thing! 24 June 2015, 18.45 - 22.00 Free entry From contemplating the possibility of human-robot love, to witnessing how brain stimulation might one day help people recover from a stroke, join us for this month's Lates as we look forward to the promising future of science and technology. Professor Winfield will be outlining new research on ethical robots and presenting the debate about whether or not we should build moral machines. You can also find out how technology is helping to answer age-old questions about who we are and whether a robot might one day have a sense of self.

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	Beyond Vision: Photography, Art and Science symposium 12 September 2015, 10.30-17.30 Bringing together world-renowned artists, curators and academics, and coinciding with the final days of Revelations: Experiments in Photography, this one-day symposium examines the importance of early scientific photography for the creative arts and the ways in which its meanings have shifted across time and space. Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age Opens 18 September 2015 Discover the dramatic story of how Russia turned the dream of space travel into a reality and became the first nation to explore space in this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition. Cosmonauts will reveal the most significant collection of Russian spacecraft and artefacts ever to be shown in the UK, as well as poignant testimonies and memorabilia belonging to some of the biggest names in spaceflight. Discover the deeply personal stories of the pioneers who kick-started the space age. Have a look at our new video celebrating the anniversary of the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, whose space craft features in the exhibition.  MORE   MORE

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