British Museum

For all the textbooks and museums at our disposal, sometimes it can still be difficult to really imagine what life was like in an earlier time. Visitors to the British Museum this weekend, however, won't have to imagine. They'll be transported to the Bronze Age using virtual reality.

This month, the public will get the chance to meet a robot at the Natural History Museum in London that is designed to learn about its surroundings and make it easier to work human environments.

The upcoming auction of an marine chronometer highlights just how far science has advanced in the last 200 years. The historically significant instrument accompanied Charles Darwin on his epic second voyage, helped establish the USA-Canada border and accurately mapped the Australian coastline.