The Ri is the place to discover the latest developments from firm favourites and Wifi Wars founders Steve McNeil and Rob Sedgebeer. You'll get hands on with their unique future-tech video gaming ...

Asthma is a common childhood condition and one of the most common causes for childhood admissions to hospital. Medical understanding of underlying factors that trigger asthma symptoms has developed ...

Da Vinci expert Martin Kemp explores why Leonardo da Vinci's revolutionary thinking remains startlingly relevant today. Discover how Leonardo saw humanity as integral to nature's design, viewing the ...

Get ready to be electrified! Join Ri favourite David Ricketts, and Michael Cutts from our own Demo Team, for an exhilarating journey into the world of the eclectic electric current—where science meets ...

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

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 ...

Tim Gregory is a nuclear chemist working at Sellafield, where he measures the radioactivity and chemical composition of nuclear fuel, nuclear medicines, and nuclear space materials, amongst other ...

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 ...

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 ...

We often see art and mathematics as opposites—emotion versus logic—but in this Discourse, mathematician Marcus du Sautoy reveals a deep and surprising connection between them. He explores how ...

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

Could Hycean worlds hold alien life? Join us to explore new exoplanets, JWST discoveries, and the future of finding life beyond Earth. Are we alone in the universe? This is one of the oldest and most ...