Join us for a variety night full of pride for LGBTQ+ in STEM day. Your evening will start in the theatre where you will hear from Gabriel (Gab) Astorga as he explores tracing the origins of pathogens.

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 ...

Humphry Davy was a chemist and inventor who invented the Davy Lamp here at the Royal Institution. Humphry Davy was a chemist and the first Director of the Laboratory here at the Royal Institution, ...

Venue hire Make your next event one to remember at our unique central London venue, steeped in 200 years of science history. Find out more ...

With thanks to CGI for supporting the CHRISTMAS LECTURES. Christmas is fast approaching, and we need your help! Come and be part of the audience for our rehearsal "scratch night", and see ...

Our vision is that science is for everyone, and we believe there should be equitable access to all of the Ri's science engagement programmes. We aim to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to ...

This workshop will introduce students to the BBC Micro:bit and how it can be used it to create music. They will be introduced to how, with the addition of input and output devices, the Micro:bit can ...

Students will explore the difference between acids and alkalis and how they react to form a salt. Using this knowledge they then make their own personalised bath bombs. The workshop also allows ...

The continual struggle between bacterial pathogens and their hosts provides an illustration of evolution in action, driven by changes in the bacterial DNA. Students use restriction enzyme digests and ...

Students will extract their own DNA and walk away with a small piece of it in a necklace for them to wear. Working in a real science lab and using their own cheek cells, students will extract their ...

In this workshop students learn how vehicles are designed to keep us safe in a collision and use your knowledge to protect an egg passenger during a real crash test. Discover how Newton's laws of ...