Teacher, mathematician and professional magician Andrew Jeffrey is back to help us celebrate 50 years of the Rubik's Cube! In ...

One of the greatest debates of the modern age is on how we store our food. For some foods it’s rather self-explanatory, for example keeping raw meat in the fridge and dried pasta in the cupboards. For ...

The 2024 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, supported by CGI, will explore all things food-related. From what happens in our bodies when we eat to how food has shaped human evolution. Dr Chris van Tulleken will ...

How do scientists climb some of the tallest trees in the world and what do they study once they're up there? Join Robin Hayward on a journey to the rain forest canopy. With live demonstrations of the ...

Join the Ri Demo Team as we kick off 2025 looking back at our favourite demonstrations from the past year. Giving you a sneak peek at the design and development process, as well as food-tastic demos ...

Asteroids colliding with the planet aren’t just something that the dinosaurs had to deal with. Astronomers think that there are approximately 25,000 “city killer” asteroids in near-Earth orbit – and ...

Join us for a live recording of podcast Who Moved the Tortoise featuring special guest Helen Czerski and others. In the exciting year of the Christmas Lectures 200th anniversary celebrations, this ...

Ancient DNA offers a remarkable window into our past, allowing us to uncover crucial details about human history that would otherwise remain hidden. Learn how scientists use exciting techniques to ...

Join futurist Richard Watson for a look into how we can predict what's to come, and why, despite all our technology, the future is still full of surprises. Throughout history people have been curious ...

Informatics expert Jane Hillston explores how we model the world around us, and how new algorithms can help us face our resource-hungry modern society. How long is the security queue at the airport ...

Hormones are evolutionarily ancient regulators of physiology and behaviour across the animal kingdom. Due to their unique physiology and phylogenetic relationship to other animals, starfish and other ...

DNA is amazing. It’s the instructions our body uses to make us, us. We all have it and it’s unique to you, unless you’re lucky enough to be an identical twin! It can also teach us a lot about the ...