Space exploration is chock-full of jaw-dropping stories, some iconic like the Apollo lunar missions, and some “hidden gems”.

The Royal Institution (Ri) has secured the support of Viasat, as Partner to the CHRISTMAS LECTURES® in their 200th anniversary year, the science charity announced today. A pioneering global technology ...

We are now looking for three candidates to be nominated for our Trustee elections, with Finance, Building Architecture and Fundraising skills. The deadline is 9am on 17 December 2025, and if you are ...

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 ...

Explore the history and architecture of our historic 21, Albemarle Street home with an expert member of our Collections and Heritage team, and discover the stories behind our museum displays. Our ...

When ChatGPT-3 crash-landed onto our computers in November 2022, you’d have been forgiven for thinking this massive leap in artificial intelligence had sprung out of nowhere. From one day to the next, ...

November 30th 2022 is a date permanently etched into the history books. For those unaware of its significance, this was when OpenAI released to the public their free-to-use, large language model ...

The mining and engineering industries in the 19th century relied heavily on gunpowder as an explosive to aid their work. However, storing and transporting gunpowder on wooden sailing ships was ...

You know the story. Two strangers locked eyes across a crowded room, and there it is: butterflies in the stomach, sparks in the air—they know they’ve found “the one”. Love at first sight is a popular ...

On 18 May 1859, the Irish physicist John Tyndall wrote in his journal ‘the subject is completely in my hands’. This is no cryptic note. Just nine days earlier he had set up his complex and clever new ...

Volunteer historian Laurence Scales explores how war surgeons operated 25 years before antibiotics were widely available, starting from a 1915 Discourse here at the Ri. Antibiotics would not be ...