Sir Richard Catlow, Chair of Trustees at the Royal Institution (Ri) has today been announced as this year’s joint winner of the prestigious David and Betty Hamburg Award for Science Diplomacy. Awarded ...

On the 100th anniversary of the first public television demonstration, read about how the partnership between science and the small screen started at the Ri. One hundred years ago today, on the 26th ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When mentioned in passing, quantum theory can seem mystifying, with talk of uncertainty, being in two places at once and teleportation. However, it is a theory that arose from a need to explain ...

Dive into one of the most absorbing topics in astrophysics. A place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. Sounds terrifying, but also so incredibly fascinating. Black ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Particle physics is the study of nature at the highest energies and shortest distances that we can probe in a laboratory, an ambitious attempt to construct a fundamental picture of what the universe ...