Royal Institution Of Great Britain

Thermodynamics. Speed of light. Conservation of energy. Where do the fundamental laws of nature come from? Peter Atkins explores in the latest lecture video https://youtu.be/p9Zmzcl85Ds

Blockchain, the tech that underpins cryptocurrencies, has an almost unlimited number of applications - from digital identities to kidney transplants.
But how does it work? Join us on 24 September to find out

From electrochemistry to molecular biology to lighthouse design, we've been an innovator in #scicomm for over 200 years ⚛️ Prof Frank James explores our legacy in this new article: https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10 .1063/PT.3.3996

Did you know that we are on Instagram? If you're a lover of GIFs and slow-mo, head over and check it out! Make sure you join us on our Instagram stories tomorrow morning (15/08), as we'll be answering your questions. See you then! https://www.instagram.com/ri_science/

The Scottish engineer and innovator John Logie Baird changed our world 📺
He co-invented the mechanical television and invented the colour TV, which he first demonstrated to Ri Members in his lab in Soho in 1926. We have a lot to thank him for!
Happy Birthday John Logie Baird!

Our Autumn season of events is now live! From Homo naledi to engineering at the speed of light, check out the lineup and become an Ri Member for free or better than half price tickets 🎊 http://ow.ly/NxQy30lmhLZ

Trot of a horse 🐎 Tripod gait of an ant 🐜 Undulating movement of a millipede 🐛 Slither of a snake 🐍
... The movement of all living things is governed not strictly by their limbs, but by nerve impulses that follow a pattern of travelling waves. Learn how in the new Christmas Lectures archive clip!
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Our library always makes us feel spoilt for choice on #BookLoversDay ♥️📚 Here's one of our favourite pages from 'Anatomical Plates' by Quain and Wilson (1842)

Our new What's on guide is out! Visit our website for all the events we have coming up this year or pop in to the Ri to pick up your copy.
First up on 2 September, Anita Sengupta explores 'Engineering at the speed of light' 🎟 http://ow.ly/2D3t30ljLLb

NEW VIDEO: Neuroscientists work a bit like brain detectives 🧠 Here Suzanne O'Sullivan talks us through incredible case studies of people with neurological conditions like epilepsy, from symptoms to diagnosis to treatment

Can you believe your eyes? Watch our latest tale from the prep room to reveal the wonderfully weird properties of gallium: https://youtu.be/mExi4NuLn9Y

Has digital media changed the way people think about science? Gail Cardew, our Director of Science and Education, and Liina Hultgren, our Digital Platforms Manager, led the discussion at this year's EuroScience Open Forum

This is what happens when you add a drop of gallium to an empty cola can 🥫
Can you even believe it? Check out liquid metal embrittlement in our latest video from the prep room: https://youtu.be/mExi4NuLn9Y

Our Discourse speakers this autumn are Tristam Hunt, Adrian Thomas Oxford Zoo Department, and Hannah Fry. Delve into topics including museums of the 21st century, biomechanics, and our reliance on algorithms. Enjoy all Discourses for free as an Ri Member: rigb.org/membership

Our autumn event series is now live🎉 Explore our extensive range of talks from brains to blockchain and from ribosomes to Richard III’s bones. You can get your 'What’s on' guide straight to your door by becoming an Ri Member, or come and pay us a visit! rigb.org/whats-on

John Tyndall was born #OnThisDay in 1820. A brilliant experimental physicist, glaciologist and mountaineer, he studied diamagnetism, contributed to the foundations of climate science, demonstrated why the sky is blue and was a great leader of the Ri: http://www.rigb.org/…/history-of-res… /john-tyndall-timeline…

NEW VIDEO: Dan Plane shows off his really hard forehead, or rather, he pitches wonder element gallium against aluminium in this experiment with liquid metal embrittlement

NEW PODCAST🎧 Ever wondered what earth looks like from outer space? What it's like to go on a space walk? Delve into these questions in this months podcast featuring former Nasa astronaut, Mike Massimino: https://soundcloud.com/royal-institution/ spaceman

How do magnets actually work? Our main man Faraday loved 'em, so our Curator, Charlotte, helped Crowd Science tackle the question in this podcast

love the RI and the christmas lectures, been watching them since i was a kid.

Ya'll are the best! Love your 5 year goal to do for more what you've done for me! I have learned a lot and the David Tong talks and the soliton talk WOW tyty

Wonderful experience and even an oldie like me learned something new

Well, what can I say, have been going to this wonderful place since my son was 6 years old and we have never been disappointed! Recently, he has been taking part in the L'Oreal Young Scientist workshops, which are absolutely great. The instructors are engaging and try their utmost to accommodate all children, different age groups, different personalities and make STEM come to life. We used to love the school shows the RI (like exploding custard etc) used to put on at a very reasonable price and we are a bit disappointed these are no longer available! All in all, a place we love coming back to over and over again. Oh and did I mention we also love the little museum downstairs and the wonderful, colourful, musical periodic table game for young and old �.

The Royal Institution of Great Britain is an excellent place to go and listen to lectures on current scientific topics. There are opportunities to ask questions at the end. One meets lots of like minded people to engage in discussion after the lectures.

Conveniently located in Central Lonfon within walking distance from Green Park Underground.

The Ri is a fantastic place. It stands, head high, in the history of science.

Many famous names have attended and given lectures over the decades and the science education still continues with the Xmas lectures which have been running for 180 years (with a wartime hiatus), started by Michael Faraday in 1825.

10 elements were discovered here (9 by Humphry Davy)

The list goes on.

Well worth a visit for scientist and layperson alike.

Royal Institution is a one of kind place. The talks are amazing, and I learn sooooooooooooooo much. It's also a great platform for networking, and the venue itself is quite amazing. In short, RI is my happy place.

My son (9) has been attending several of the summer workshops. He has absolutely loved them. He's quite nervous about people he doesn't know, but the organisers have been fantastic, and he's had a great time and learned lots. Yesterday he came out explaining that he'd made a scytale and learned Huffman (?) ciphers. Highly recommend.

Loved my trip to one of the birth places of experimental chemistry and residence to some of my child hood heroes and topics of study: faraday right hand rule (GCE O level physics classes) Humphrey Davys miners lamp (history GCE O level)



Happy days !!



Great location on Abermarle street in Mayfair !! Loved the V12 Lamborghini parked just outside !!

I went to a talk 'brave the new world' and it was a very nice experience to know that previously many top scientist have been giving talks here

I attended the "Salsa science" panel talk yesterday. Great venue, interesting and passionate speakers, and the first ever(?) salsa lesson in the RI library! Will definitely keep an eye out for future events here.

Had an brilliant time watching Dan from the Ri yesterday at my children's school. All children and parents thoroughly enjoyed the show and was a great history and science lesson for us all. Great work!!

Had a fantastic visit to the Royal Institution and the Faraday Museum with my son's. However my elder son had the opportunity to listen to some of the lectures there. The Maths Masterclass was a great opportunity held by Ri....

Had a fantastic visit to the Royal Institution and the Faraday Museum and it's free of course. I finally was able to sit in THE lecture room where Fadaday and Davy lectured and from which the BBC televise the famous Royal Institution Christmas lectures on science for children. I've wanted to sit in one of those seats since I was old enough to watch it on TV!

Faraday Museum well worth a visit free entry

A real honour to be able to go into the Historic lecture theatre , informed Ok to go in as long as an event is not inprogress.

There were signs on the door saying event in progress but listening at the door there was no noise we gently pushed open one door and it was empty, so entered the theatre and had a good look around. wonderful

Fantastic venue, invited for TED London had a great time in a place I used to watch in the TV when I was a child every Christmas, nice part of town for hitting up a few drinks afterwards

Fabulous evening listening to Carlo Rovelli. The Royal Institution has a history of furthering science and tonight was another fine example.

Everybody must come and see the great Faraday's lab and the lecture hall which served as a platform for propagating the most advanced ideas of the electricity and magnetism.

A wonderful experience