Space exploration gave us more than Moon rocks; it delivered life-changing products we now take for granted. Explore the biggest terrestrial impacts of research initially designed for zero gravity.

In today’s connected world it is common to consult doctors remotely, using online triage forms and video calls. Four centuries ago, long before the digital era, sick people and physicians across ...

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 ...

The Royal Institution was founded to introduce new technologies and teach science to the general public through lectures and demonstrations. Humphry Davy, one of the first Professors, established ...

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, ...

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 ...

Saiful Islam explores the latest in new battery and solar materials, how this is impacting energy solutions, and what has changed in the 10 years since his famous CHRISTMAS LECTURES. The supply of low ...

From artificial intelligence to the origins of the Universe, these are the Ri science talks that captivated millions in 2025. As another year of exploring science comes to a close, it’s time to look ...

Hannah Fry uses mathematics to study patterns in human behaviour, particularly in an urban setting and was our 2019 Christmas Lecturer. Hannah Fry is an Associate Professor in the Mathematics of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Director-General of CERN, Mark Thomson, explores what's next for the world-leading research facility, and how decades of research have got us to this point. For decades, the European Organisation for ...