Paying tribute to Professor Margaret Boden OBE ScD FBA, Chair of the Royal Institution, Sir Richard Catlow, said: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the recent death of Professor Margaret (Maggie) ...

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 the Ri as it reopens with a fresh new spark, offering events ranging from mathematics and illusions to the mysteries of ...

Da Vinci expert Martin Kemp explores why Leonardo da Vinci's revolutionary thinking remains startlingly relevant today. Discover how Leonardo saw humanity as integral to nature's design, viewing the ...

The Ri Demo Team, plus a series of special guests, present their latest, amazing creations, contraptions and concoctions. The Royal Institution has been the home of science demonstrations for over 200 ...

Physicist and renowned broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili takes a look back at a century of quantum mechanics, the strangest yet most successful theory in all of science, and how it has shaped our world. He ...

We're celebrating Summer with an event full of a variety of science topics and having one BIG science Saturday. We've gathered science communicators, volunteers, scientists and researchers from across ...

2024 Nobel winner Geoffrey Hinton explains what AI has learned, and is still learning, from biological intelligence.

Quantum information technology is expected to disrupt critical communication, computing, and sensing infrastructure. Importantly, each near-term application of quantum information is recognised ...

The Big Bang has long been accepted as the ultimate origin of our universe - but what if it’s just the beginning of the story? In this talk, astrophysicist Niayesh Afshordi will explore the fierce ...

Agatha Christie revelled in the use of poison to kill off unfortunate victims in her books, using poisons more accurately than any other crime writer. But how is it that some chemicals in such small ...

Frank Close takes us on a journey through the potentially devastating science and history of the nuclear age.