As we celebrate their 200th anniversary, dive into the history of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES — from Michael Faraday to the age of video streaming. In the early 19th century, science lectures specifically ...

Louisa Charlotte Hamilton married John Tyndall, then Superintendent of the House and Director of the Laboratory at the Royal Institution, in Westminster Abbey on 29 February 1876, when he was in the ...

Everything that happens below ground sustains all life above it – yet we rarely think about this mysterious, dark underland. In this talk, Frank Ashwood scratches the surface and takes us on an ...

TimelineJS Embed The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS Find us Museum Licensing Shop The Royal Institution of Great Britain was granted a royal charter in 1800 and is registered ...

2025 Christmas Lecturer Maggie Aderin-Pocock returns to the Ri to explain what the James Webb Space Telescope's latest findings can tell us about the early universe. Can the James Webb Space Telescope ...

They're back! Join Festival of the Spoken Nerd and friends for an evening of science, songs, stand-up maths and more. Join Festival of the Spoken Nerd and friends as they return to the Royal ...

Geneticist Carola Vinuesa showcases leading-edge breakthroughs in our understanding of genome function, and how this work exonerated a wrongly convicted mother. The human genome contains over 3 ...

Get ready for a spine-tingling day of spooky science at the Royal Institution as we haunt the building and fill it full of frightful fun. This Halloween themed Family Fun Day invites curious minds to ...

Sixty years ago, Star Trek burst on to our screens, imagining new worlds, strange lifeforms and technologies that once seemed impossible. But how much of its science stands up to scrutiny? Join a team ...

Ri favourite Andrew Szydlo brings another spectacular show, celebrating the scientists who laid the foundations of modern chemistry. Witness stunning experiments from the work of several European ...

Physicist Alan Costley tracks the technologies being used to develop fusion reactors, and explores which might win the global race for clean power. Nuclear fusion is the primary source of energy in ...

Using fossil records and his own work uncovering extinct species, paleontologist Steve Brusatte rewinds 150 million years to explore how dinosaurs evolved into today's birds. Birds live all around us, ...