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 ...

Meet Peter Gallivan, author of ‘The Hidden Heroes of Science: Shining a Light on the Unknown Trailblazers of the Scientific World’, an exciting new collaboration between DK Books and The Royal ...

The Royal Institution has today opened applications for UK registered state schools to receive a free day of science led by one of the Ri’s professional science presenters, thanks to the generous ...

The Royal Institution (Ri) has today launched a new fundraising campaign to raise £20 million in support of its charitable activities, over the next four years. Through its ‘Be the Spark’ campaign the ...

There’s a lot of criticism of funders around at the moment, as grant schemes buckle under the strain of spiralling demand from charities. And I do understand the pressures: many, many charities are ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NHS Doctor and leading science presenter Chris van Tulleken will reveal the revolutionary science of what happens inside our bodies when we eat, when he gives the 2024 CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the ...

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 ...

Buckingham Palace has confirmed that His Majesty The King is to retain his Patronage of the Royal Institution (Ri), following a review of over 1000 patronages held by The late Queen, The former Prince ...

Join renowned physicist Carlo Rovelli as he answers your questions. 00:13 What one question would you ask an all-knowing super computer? Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist, philosopher ...