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The Observatories asked: What techniques make us feel those fight-or-flight or must-buy-it-now urges? It also demonstrated how easy it is to manipulate people through subconscious smell. In standalone structures in the centre of Milton Keynes,

Nanoparticles are already in daily use, for example, enhancing the functionality of sun creams and sticking plasters. Meanwhile, work is underway to develop revolutionary, futuristic advances – such as tiny machines that can zip around our

As global water levels and temperatures rise, plants and animals are mutating to adapt. Strange new creatures are arising at the interstices between plant and animal, questioning and transgressing the boundaries of what is considered to be reactive

Lepidopteral explores the subtlety and gentleness of elements in nature, without direct reference to, or use of, biological materials. The work was inspired by an experience at Lago di Fiastra in Le Marché region of Italy, where butterflies had

Drawing by Numbers demonstrates the conversion process from an analogue life drawing to a digital drawing described in code. At a workshop at the Media Space in the Science Museum, London, participants could scan a recently completed life drawing

Dogs’ Ears explored the beauty and language of the dog ear. Presented as a video chat website, visitors logged in, browsed dogs and instant messaged with them online. Each dog responded in its own language, whether with an English ‘woof woof’, a

The augmented reality (AR) installation Gardens of the Anthropocene posits a science-fiction future in which native aquatic and terrestrial plants have mutated to cope with the increasing unpredictable and erratic climate swings. The plants in the