Welcome to the 2025 British Science Festival! The benefit of being a touring Festival is that every year we get to explore a different part of the UK and work with some incredible partners.

A large-scale sculpture will take centre stage at Liverpool ONE as the British Science Festival and Culture Liverpool showcase Geist.

Among more than 100 free events at this year’s British Science Festival are these talks on medicine, inequality, and healing that go beyond the science. We’ll hear the voices, stories and lived experi...

Run time: 17.00 – 19.00 Please note that this event is being run by The Heritage Institute and tickets can be booked using the link below. Please ignore the 'Booking not required&apos…

Celebrate the people, stories and ideas at the heart of science this September.

We’ve picked out five highlights under one stellar theme: space – perfect for those with their head in the stars.

British Science Festival 2025 event guide

Broadcasting a weekly diet of transgressive, iconoclastic cinema into British living rooms, the BBC’s Moviedrome series turned a generation of viewers into adventurous cinephiles. How did it come abou...

Katie Reilly of the University of Birmingham will lecture on water pollution at the British Science Festival 2025 in Liverpool, 10-14 Sept

Why does cycling make so many drivers lose their cool? It’s partly ignorance, but demonisation by politicians doesn’t help, says Peter Walker, a senior political correspondent for the Guardian

We've chosen our British Science Festival 2025 Award Lecturers: seven innovative early-career researchers committed to sharing their work with non-specialist audiences.

Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up

13 projects have been awarded a total of £1,720,865 from the British Science Association’s The Ideas Fund to continue and extend their work, alongside researchers, improving the mental wellbeing of lo...

Help decide the most-loved demo from over 200 years of history!

Download your activity packs and celebrate British Science Week with these free science resources!

Take in our tales of the scientifically unexpected at our next Imperial Lates, from weird wonders to surprising studies.

Are you interested or involved in organising science festivals, events or activities? Join us at the annual UKSFN conference in February!