In this section, you’ll find posts related to Manchester Science Festival, from line-up announcements to other festival-related resources.
Josh Award winners Frederike Gerstner’s and Ben Nicholson’s road to being part of our October half term programme has been long, but they’re really excited that they’re finally here. Read on to find out more about how they got to where they are now…!
With Halloween around the corner we’ve got pumpkins on the brain. But have you ever thought about what happens to all of the waste from inside the pumpkin?
Since announcing Manchester Science Festival headliner You Have Been Upgraded, we’ve become fascinated with the transhumanist movement and the concepts of cyborgs, biohacking and bioengineering.
Beat boxers can make an amazing array of sounds using their mouths, tongues and throats. But what’s the science behind how they do it?
In this special interview blog post, we catch up with Mat Allen, science communicator extraordinaire and the winner of the 2018 Manchester Science Festival Josh Award.
Tape delighted visitors at Manchester Science Festival this year—but what happened to it afterwards?
Our official Manchester Science Festival 2017 poem pays tribute to the city’s place as the home of invention, and references some of the most amazing events to experience at this year’s festival.
From robot poop to AI in hospitals, Tomorrow’s World Live at Manchester Science Festival covered all the big questions. Here’s the most important stuff we learned.
In this guest post, volunteer Joe Roberts takes us through the production process of one of the headline activities at Manchester Science Festival, Tape.
Manchester Science Festival teamed up with the BBC to stream three live experiments from the museum during Opera Passion Day, the BBC’s biggest-ever celebration of opera.
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.
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.