How could material science help us create a functioning society on Mars? Royal Society Book Prize winner Kelly Weinersmith and fellow nominee Cat Bohannon explore all in this ground-breaking ...

Tech headlines in the last couple of years have been dominated by Artificial Intelligence. But what do we mean by intelligence? What has AI learned from biological intelligence, and how do they still ...

Join Dr Jo to explore the wonder of paper and how it can help explain scientific phenomena: from chromatography and capillary action to static electricity, from shadow puppets to optical illusions, ...

In 2025 we’re celebrating 200 years of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES and Ri Discourses – both landmark moments in the Ri’s rich history of engaging public audiences with science – as well as the discovery of ...

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 ...

Join us for a live recording of podcast 'Who Moved the Tortoise?' featuring former lecturer Helen Czerski, CHRISTMAS LECTURES directors, producers and more, as they discuss bringing live science to a ...

Ada Lovelace Day Live is back! The annual ‘science cabaret’ returns with a fantastic line-up of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), who will share their experiences, insights ...

When ChatGPT-3 crash-landed onto our computers in November 2022, you’d have been forgiven for thinking this massive leap in artificial intelligence had sprung out of nowhere. From one day to the next, ...

In Lecture two of our 2021 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski unpicks the Earth’s heating and plumbing systems, showing how shifting ocean water creates an engine that ...

Scientists and philosophers have long debated whether our behaviour is down to our own free will, or deterministic forces. As scientists learn more and more about how brain activity controls behaviour ...

Discover how maths influenced the life of Shakespeare. What’s the connection between Shakespeare and maths? A lot, as it turns out! Shakespeare grew up in a time of remarkable mathematical innovation.

Join Ig Nobel founder Marc Abrahams alongside Ig Nobel laureates to celebrate the awards which make you laugh, then think. Every year the Ig Nobel Prizes honor ten achievements that make people LAUGH, ...