As this article from The Guardian points out, research into prehistoric DNA is only small steps – but they are steps all the same. By looking into what made ancient people, science enables us to imagine how we lived in the past and so what has informed us as modern humans. One of the most…
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Today we’re taking a look at philosophy and professor Tom McLeish‘s new book on science and creativity. We often espouse the benefits and importance, as Tom does, of imagination in learning and scientific discovery. However, what he does here too is argue for the study of science as integral to all learning. It’s easy to…
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Continuing in our series about Revolutions, a BBC programme exploring humanity’s game-changing inventions, is the telescope. It might not seem as ubiquitous or life changing as some of the discoveries, but there’s more to this one than meets the eye… The telescope gave us what might be the greatest discovery of all – the universe…
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Full STEAM ahead! An exciting project developed at MIT is not only using creative thinking to link sports science, physiotherapy and psychology with the powerhouse of potential that is 3D printing, but actually making art too. MoSculp‘s creations, 3D-printed motion sculptures, intend to revolutionise the study of movement by making three dimensional records of the paths…
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This is a great piece from Forbes about the importance of creativity in science. Not just in having ideas and thinking about a problem differently, but in the way we communicate. It’s an example of STEAM learning; of weaving arts into our understanding of science through stories. Stories are as old as humanity itself; they’re…
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Next in our series on the next generation of young innovators and inventors, we’re looking at three youth-led projects tackling plastic waste. What we loved about all their stories was that they weren’t afraid to ask questions and above all, learn. Join us at our Mega Maker Lab this August for the chance to try out…
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This week we’re bringing you news of an exciting new project and focus for Imagination Matters over the coming months. In the run-up to the Institute of Imagination‘s Mega Maker Lab in August, we’ll be taking the opportunity to look at the next generation of inventors and what inspires them. Here, meet the Imagination Architects.…
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We think that scientific inspiration is a really important element of understanding STEAM, one of the causes we champion at iOi and Imagination Matters. It’s so vital that we make room for creativity in science, not only to theorise, but to solve problems as well. Science can and should be the subject of of creative…
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A couple of weeks ago we looked at what hit the headlines in science in 2018. Now it’s time to get the popular predictions on what will be making us think in 2019. Will what we discovered in 2018 inform the agenda this year? Of course, no one can predict the future, much less what we’ll…
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Researchers have recently unveiled computers which act like the human brain, and now this lab in Germany is boasting beating artificial human heart tissue. In order to understand our most complex and important organs, we must learn to mimic them. Only through recreating their actions can we tackle the key issues of not only preservation but…
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