Meet Professor Dame Sue Black, DBE - this year's lecturer for the Royal Institution's CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution. Professor Dame Sue Black DBE is a forensic anthropologist, ...

In 1965 the BBC commissioned this programme to celebrate the 50th anniversary of William Lawrence Bragg winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915, jointly with his father William Henry Bragg, for ...

Innovator-in-Residence, David Ricketts and the Ri's Michael Cutts join forces again, for an electrifying live show inspired by Tesla’s legendary high-voltage apparatus. In the same theatre where ...

During school holidays we run a range of exciting hands-on workshops, bringing to life all areas of science – including mathematics, computing and engineering. All workshops take place in our building ...

Since 1799, the Royal Institution has been led and governed by some of the brightest and most influential minds of its day.

Rodney Mullen, known for inventing numerous tricks and revolutionising the sport, will take the stage to break down the science behind skateboarding. Join Rodney Mullen, one of the most influential ...

Mark Solms unpicks the real science underlying the controversial topic of psychoanalysis, and whether Freud was more accurate than sometimes believed. Since its introduction by Sigmund Freud in the ...

Join us for an evening of spectacular demonstrations as we round out our celebration of Discover200, and look ahead to the next 200 years at the Ri. For the last 12 months, we've been celebrating the ...

What could replace silicon in the quantum age? Theoretical physicist Felix Flicker explores the remarkable materials powering tomorrow's computers. Computers were once the size of large rooms. This ...

The Royal Institution was founded to 'introduce new technologies and teach science to the general public through lectures and demonstrations'. We've been connecting people to science for over 200 ...

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 ...

Sixth form and college students from around the UK will learn, discuss and critically examine the topic of this year's CHRISTMAS LECTURES. The Youth Summit 2026 will be based on the upcoming CHRISTMAS ...