World renowned physicist Jim Gates describes his efforts to follow such a path and create a clearer understanding to a theory ...

In 2025 we’re celebrating 200 years of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES and Ri Discourses – both landmark moments in the Ri’s rich ...

Adults and families are set to ‘Discover200’ years of the past, present and future of science, at the Royal Institution (Ri) this year, as the science charity celebrates the 200th anniversaries of the ...

It is impossible to discuss the CHRISTMAS LECTURES without conjuring the image of Bill Coates—a towering, sharp-witted figure whose inventive demonstrations brought complex science to life. Between ...

What is the birthday paradox, and how can you work out the probability of how many people in a group will share a birthday? It's the Ri's 224th birthday, and we want to throw a big bash to celebrate.

Discourses are the Ri’s most prestigious lecture programme, founded by Michael Faraday in 1825, and they focus on leading-edge advancements in science and society. Discourses were developed so that ...

Join Dame Angela McLean, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, as she discusses the transformative potential of the field of engineering biology. The field of engineering biology uses the whole ...

The Ri Freer Prize Fellowships are intended as writing-up awards for doctoral candidates researching the history of science; history of the Royal Institution; or heritage conservation science. Ri ...

Dr Chris van Tulleken reveals the revolutionary science inside our bodies when we eat, in the 2024 CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution, supported by CGI. Practising NHS doctor and leading ...

Practising NHS doctor and leading science presenter Chris van Tulleken explores how the food we eat has a fundamental impact on our own health and that of our planet, in the 2024 CHRISTMAS LECTURES ...