Frank James is a professor of the history of science at University College London and previously worked at the Ri, where he was Professor of the History of Science and Head of Collections. Frank James ...

The 2024 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, supported by CGI, will explore all things food-related. From what happens in our bodies when we eat to how food has shaped human evolution. Dr Chris van Tulleken will ...

Students will extract their own DNA and walk away with a small piece of it in a necklace for them to wear. Working in a real science lab and using their own cheek cells, students will extract their ...

Students will explore the difference between acids and alkalis and how they react to form a salt. Using this knowledge they then make their own personalised bath bombs. The workshop also allows ...

Learn to use to the BBC Micro:bit in this computer science workshop for 7–8 year olds. This workshop will introduce students to the BBC Mirco:bit and how it can be used it to create music. They will ...

“Our hopes for the future have to be based principally on one of two alternatives [to fossil fuels], nuclear energy or the steady state of solar energy.” With only a few weeks to go until COP29 opens ...

The Royal Institution’s beautiful Grade I listed building on Albemarle Street is a busy, multi-purpose, public, events venue, also providing office accommodation to the Ri team (approximately 60 staff ...

The fact that sodium could have been named Sodarchium, the moment when self-experimentation revealed nitrous oxide alleviated pain, and the pioneering 19th Century scientist whose contribution to the ...

The CHRISTMAS LECTURES ticket ballot has now closed. The 2024 CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution will be filmed in front of a live audience in our Theatre on Tuesday 10 December, Thursday ...

The Young Scientist Centre (YSC) is an imaginative laboratory space for young people and their teachers to experiment and explore science and technology outside of the classroom. In the YSC workshops, ...

This workshop will introduce students to the BBC Micro:bit and how it can be used it to create music. They will be introduced to how, with the addition of input and output devices, the Micro:bit can ...

When did you realise you wanted to pursue a PhD? I have always been a naturally curious person, questioning how the world worked from a very young age. Since I enjoyed making things and being creative ...