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.

A new partnership with the British Library’s Living Knowledge Network will see the filming of the 2025 CHRISTMAS LECTURES livestreamed to local community libraries throughout the UK for the first time ...

The Royal Institution (Ri) has secured support from leading construction technology firm Causeway Technologies, to take hands-on tech education for young people throughout the UK, via Ri Masterclasses ...

You might have heard that this year marks 200 years of the Ri's two major lecture series: the CHRISTMAS LECTURES and Discourses. But in 1825 something else quite extraordinary was going on, not in our ...

Join us for a hands-on math adventure where little builders dive into the fascinating world of fractals! In this playful workshop, kids will explore the Sierpinski Triangle in 2D using simple drawing ...

The Ri has secured the support of aberdeen Investments, as Supporting Partner to the CHRISTMAS LECTURES in their 200th anniversary year, the science charity announced today. Monday 10 Mar 2025 9:30am ...

How can physics help us with baby carrying? When lifting an object, we know that work done (amount of energy transferred to an object) is equal to the force it takes to lift the object, multiplied by ...

Following the announcement of its cessation, we reflect on of the occasions Ada Lovelace Day Live! was hosted at the Ri On 12 November 2024, the founder of Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) Suw Charman-Anderson ...

“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 Association of British Science Writers (ABSW), the Royal Institution (Ri) and the BBC have awarded the 2024 Young Science Writer of the Year Award to Jasmin Notarangelo from East Lothian. The ...

To mark International Women's Day, and to kick-off British Science Week supporting the British Science Association's ongoing campaign of Smashing Stereotypes, we wanted to celebrate the importance of ...

The archives of the Ri are home to many fascinating pieces of scientific history, some of which are still used to demonstrate experiments to this day. One such example is a piece of burnt wood, which ...