Specimen table from home of Ada King or unique sculpture of a socially-distant hug

Sculptures of Rosalind Franklin, Augusta Gregory, Ada Lovelace and Mary Wollstonecraft to join 40 busts of men

How do we encourage more girls to defy the stereotypes and take up Stem subjects?

From the Leviathan telescope in Birr Castle to the former ‘Bedlam’ in London, many museums in Ireland and England offer unique insights into the history of science

Padraig O’Morain is developing more irritations – ‘take the sticker off the damn banana’

Irishman’s Diary: Wild imagination set her apart from other geniuses of the era, including Charles Babbage

The Ada Lovelace Initiative aims to change female students’ perspectives on tech sector

Review: A comprehensive account of the life and times of William Parsons, the man behind Ireland’s greatest scientific discovery

Baz Halpin is the creative director behind some of the world’s biggest tours, and his last job was on Katy Perry’s Super Bowl spectacular. He describes the months of planning that went into its 12½ minutes, and how it was nearly scuppered by one star

Walter Isaacson was surprised to discover how women had been pushed aside