Family Fun Days are suitable for children aged 7–12, though older and younger siblings are very welcome. All children under ...

These liquids are some of the first examples of metallic gold colloids, made by Michael Faraday over 150 years ago.

Help us to create more opportunities for everyone to enjoy and benefit from science. The Royal Institution is a charity that brings the public and scientists together to share their interest and ...

Holiday workshops Discover our range of school holidays workshops, bringing all areas of science to life.

Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock will take us on an epic voyage through time and space, in the 2025 CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution, supported by CGI.

Discover200 at the Ri Help us celebrate 200 years of the Christmas Lectures, Discourses and discovery of benzene.

The spectacle of the Northern Lights is usually confined to the Scandinavian skies and other Northern regions. But over the past year, the phenomenon has been visible all over the UK as the Sun is ...

Explore the Faraday Museum Lower ground floor From the first electrical transformer to the tube that told us why the sky is blue, view the actual objects scientists of the Royal Institution built in ...

Ada Lovelace Day Live is back! The annual ‘science cabaret’ returns with a fantastic line-up of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), who will share their experiences, insights ...

Artificial Intelligence is revolutionising our understanding of life. The DeepMind programme tackling the protein folding problem, AlphaFold, earned last year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. But that was ...

Think more deeply about science and its place in our lives.

The 2024 CHRISTMAS LECTURES are on BBC Four and iPlayer 29, 30 and 31 December at 9pm, and on our YouTube channel for those outside the UK. In this year’s Christmas Lectures, Dr Chris van Tulleken ...