Watch the video version of our latest podcast with the 2025 Christmas Lecturer, Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock. Discover more ...

Mathematician and Healthcare Engineer Becky Shipley explains how mathematical modelling is driving innovation in the NHS and ...

Join award-winning science journalist Michael Pollan to explore the mystery of consciousness, with a discussion of the mind w ...

Family Fun Days are suitable for children aged 6–12, though older and younger siblings are very welcome. All children under ...

From artificial intelligence to the origins of the Universe, these are the Ri science talks that captivated millions in 2 ...

As we look forward to the broadcast of this year’s CHRISTMAS LECTURES® – ‘Is there life beyond Earth?’ – later this month, Xavier Meyer, CEO of our supporting partner Aberdeen Investments, celebrates ...

The Royal Institution (Ri) has secured the support of Viasat, as Partner to the CHRISTMAS LECTURES® in their 200th anniversary year, the science charity announced today. A pioneering global technology ...

Science and art have always been intertwined, and often met right here at the Ri. Discover more about our cultural history of experimentation and collaboration. Since its foundation in 1799, the Royal ...

Collaborative explorations of childhood by amateur scientists, and historical insights into climate change, sustainability, and disaster resilience are the focus of the latest research to be ...

After a short break for essential building works to reduce our carbon footprint, the Royal Institution (Ri) reopens this September. Join us as we kick things off with an unmissable Autumn 2025 ...

The Royal Institution (Ri) has secured support from leading construction technology firm Causeway Technologies, to take hands-on tech education for young people throughout the UK, via Ri Masterclasses ...

You might have heard that this year marks 200 years of the Ri's two major lecture series: the CHRISTMAS LECTURES and Discourses. But in 1825 something else quite extraordinary was going on, not in our ...