To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing, One Giant Leap looks at how Ladybird Books has illustrated our fascination with space and the inventions that helped us reach it. Beginning with books about the night sky and constellations, Ladybird Books has covered humanity’s interest in the sky since the 1960s.   Showcased in the Ladybird Gallery, this […]

As floods are expected to become more frequent in the future, and with an increasing population at risk, it is vital to predict these events well in advance. Machines have an ever-growing role in the anticipation of floods. But how much can they really predict in nature’s noisy chaos? Enter the heart of the forecasting […]

Discover treasures from the Cowan Bee Collection Described as the most comprehensive collection of its kind in the world, the Cowan Bee Collection contains 1,800 volumes of books, pamphlets and journals relating to bees and beekeeping, including many rare foreign language titles. The items date from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, and were owned […]