Join new and former Ig Nobel Prize winners to celebrate the awards which make you laugh, then think.

Event type This is a theatre only event where the speakers and audience are together in our Theatre. By booking to attend events at the Royal Institution, you confirm that you have read and accept the ...

You've just been yanked through a wormhole into the wonderfully weird cartoon universe. The sky is technicolour, logic is optional, and the locals? Well, let’s just say they’ve got their own peculiar ...

Over the past fifty years, astronomers have grown increasingly certain that most of the Universe is made up of a mysterious, invisible substance that defies our current understanding of physics. This ...

A comprehensive 6 week course on the technology behind Artificial Intelligence and its wider implications.

Martin Reeves reveals how innovation in science and technology really come about, using new research done on Ri premises.

How does the brain make sense of the world around us? For most of us, our senses—sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell—seem separate. But in reality, they work together in complex ways. Some people ...

Dr Karl is back at the Ri with a brand new show! But now there's even a Digital Dr Karl (an Artificial Intelligence Agent) roaming the net, trying to bring misguided folk out of the Rabbit Hole of ...

Join us for a mind-bending day of magic, mystery and marvels as we explore the science behind the sorcery. Discover how different illusions trick your brain and some of the science that makes magic ...

In the hidden world of forensic chemistry, miniscule molecules can tell us stories and invisible traces can provide key information for achieving justice. From fingerprints to fibres and even ...

Physicist and renowned broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili takes a look back at a century of quantum mechanics, the strangest yet most successful theory in all of science, and how it has shaped our world. He ...

Vlatko Vedral explores thought experiments which could alter our understanding of the universe if they became reality.