Forensic sleuth
Imagine you are digging around in your back garden and you accidentally uncover a skull with large fangs. After your initial reactions of shock and excitement, what sort of questions start forming in your mind? What is this animal? How old is it and why is it here? Find out about some of the tools scientists use to answer these questions, and try your hand at forensic sleuthing to solve our puzzling crimes and mysteries.
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The Beast of Bodmin Moor
Examine the fanged skull found on Bodmin Moor and determine for yourself whether it is proof that there really are great cats roaming our countryside.
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Piltdown Man
Can you study the Piltdown Man fossil and avoid being fooled by the hoax that fooled scientists in 1912 for forty years?
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On maggots and murders: forensic entomology
Martin Hall presents a gruesome overview of the ways in which insects can provide vital clues in murder cases.
Toolbox
In World War II the Museum was used as a secret base to develop new gadgets for allied spies, including an exploding rat!