Walking into the Royal Institution on my first day as a member of staff was nerve-wracking. I had visited many times as an attendee, but standing there as staff felt entirely different. I was not ...

The science of consciousness is a complex and constantly evolving field of research. Neuroscientists are still understanding how it originates in humans, but the question now arises of whether ...

Maths is everywhere! We explore the synergy between nature's patterns and our rich traditions, celebrating their shared wisdom. Each spring, Sikhs around the world celebrate Vaisakhi, a festival that ...

In this month's From the Lab episode, we discover the power of sound waves and how they can manipulate small objects with engineer Sriram Subramanian, ahead of his Discourse at the end of March.

How can ancient DNA help us understand how diseases spread? This month, geneticist and pathogen genomics expert Pooja Swali explains how samples of DNA from the past can reveal how diseases have ...

UCL Astrophysicist Jonathan Tennyson joins us for this month's From the Lab episode, to discuss the study of exoplanets. Planets outside of our solar system can unlock an abundance of secrets about ...

Quantum theory is perhaps the most successful theory in physics, and yet it is riddled with controversial paradoxes — from the famous Schrödinger’s cat to quantum bomb testers and observers in ...

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, ...

Volunteer historian Laurence Scales explores how war surgeons operated 25 years before antibiotics were widely available, starting from a 1915 Discourse here at the Ri. Antibiotics would not be ...

You know the story. Two strangers locked eyes across a crowded room, and there it is: butterflies in the stomach, sparks in the air—they know they’ve found “the one”. Love at first sight is a popular ...

Calls for free meals to be made available to all children in England are growing louder, while an increasing number of families turn to foodbanks to cope with rising prices and high energy bills. We ...

Since its founding in 1799, the Royal Institution has been committed to connecting scientists and the public. Even before the term "scientist" was coined, we played a vital role in bringing scientific ...