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Thought provoking lectures from the world's sharpest minds. Science talks from the Royal Institution every month.
How are segments of DNA preserved from ancient viruses impacting the functioning of the placenta? And how does this lead to pregnancy compli...
From thin film coatings to drug delivery and even antimicrobial resistance, nanoparticles have a huge range of applications. In this month's...
The science of consciousness is a complex and constantly evolving field of research. Neuroscientists are still understanding how it originat...
In this month's From the Lab episode, we discover the power of sound waves and how they can manipulate small objects with engineer Sriram Su...
How can ancient DNA help us understand how diseases spread? This month, geneticist and pathogen genomics expert Pooja Swali explains how sam...
Planets outside of our solar system can unlock an abundance of secrets about our Universe. But how do we study them? Astrophysicist Jonathan...
Alzheimer’s Disease is a neurodegenerative disease caused by the excessive build-up of proteins in the brain. Neuroscientist Tomi Akingbade...
Medical research is continuously evolving with new technologies, but another key player in spurring this evolution is mathematics. Mathemati...
From the scientific mechanisms underlying ACL injuries, the application of computational fluid dynamics in the COVID-19 pandemic, and even t...
We’re bringing you this month’s From the Theatre episode from the Space Park in Leicester, joined by Professor of Space Physics Suzie Imber...
This December, space scientist and renowned science communicator Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock will be presenting the CHRISTMAS LECTURES in t...
In this month's 'From the Theatre' episode, we visited New Scientist Live at the Excel to explore what scientists are most excited about for...
Mechanical engineer and broadcaster Shini Somara joins us this month to uncover some of the fascinating and often under-appreciated innovati...
In this month's From the Theatre episode, we revisit past Christmas Lecturer Hannah Fry's talk on the power of algorithms to continue celebr...
Sickle cell disorder is an inherited blood disorder that affects the shape of red blood cells, and can have an extreme impact on all differe...
We're bringing you even more Spotify content, by sharing one of our world-famous lectures on every second Wednesday of the month through 'Fr...
Everywhere you look across the scientific landscape, AI and big data play a vital role. But is that role good or bad? This year’s Nine Dots...
How similar is your microbiome to your dog’s? How do volcanoes influence the microbiome of the earth? And what links the microbiome to epile...
The Women's Euros kick off next Wednesday, once again bringing attention to the epidemic of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in wom...
When we think of the biggest historical figures in science, names like Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday tend to come to mind. But the discov...
How do microbes including bacteria become resistant to treatment? What can we do to prevent it? And why do we have tuberculosis to thank for...
John Tyndall first announced his discovery of greenhouse gases in a Royal Institution Discourse back in 1862. Since then, our understanding...
Sir David Spiegelhalter is a national treasure in the world of statistics, achieving everything from a knighthood to appearing on Total Wipe...
2025 marks the 200 year anniversary of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution, as well as Discourses and Michael Faraday’s discov...
2024 has been a remarkable year for science, so we're taking a look back over the past year at our most memorable moments here on the Ri Sci...
2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, as marked by the UN, to celebrate 100 years since the birth of quantum mec...
Halloween means lots of sweets, which in turn means lots of packaging. We’re starting to see more of the packaging on our shelves labelled a...
What makes a planet habitable? What are we looking for to find Earth 2.0? And how do you get a chunk of an asteroid through airport security...
Today marks the beginning of the Paralympic Games, and nearly 3 weeks since the end of the Olympic Games in Paris. But what actually happens...
Why is there less medical research on women? How did humanity reach 8 billion despite the dangers of childbirth? In this episode, Cat Bohann...
To celebrate National Cheese Day earlier this month, we sat down with biochemist and cheese expert Bronwen Percival to look under the barrel...
What came first, the chicken, the egg, or...the jellyfish? Zoologist and author Jules Howard joins us this month to explore evolution throug...
Why is it that we can vividly remember a particular smell from years ago, but can’t remember where we put our keys a mere few hours prior? T...
In the second episode of this miniseries, we’re exploring how AI is impacting different areas of scientific research, and in this episode we...
Following on from his Discourse, Yang-Hui He is joined by LIMS science writer Madeleine Hall to discuss the past, present and future of Geom...
We’re exploring how AI is impacting different areas of scientific research, and in this episode we discuss AlphaFold, the machine learning p...
How can we improve the use of renewable energy in the power grid? In the final episode of the series 'Tales from my PhD', Charlotte Collingw...
How do you fight a fungus? In this episode of ‘Tales from my PhD’, Charlotte Collingwood talks to Camilla Molinari about her work in plant p...
How can maths and computational models help us treat anxiety and depression? In this episode of 'Tales from my PhD', Charlotte Collingwood t...
There are an estimated 5 trillion plastic particles in the oceans, spelling trouble for marine ecosystems. Manta rays are one group of speci...
How can we detect massive objects in space when we can't see them by light? On 14 September 2015, scientists opened a new window to observin...
Astrophysicists grapple with the Universe's big questions, but what does their day-to-day research actually entail? In the first of our new...
How did societies develop across the globe and how did gender become so enmeshed in them? In this episode we join award-winning science jour...
Did you know that there is no widely agreed upon definition of what emotions actually are? After losing his dad to Covid-19 in the early day...
How could we use shower wastewater to clean our clothes? To celebrate Earth Day and its specific focus on investing in the planet, we wanted...
Are particles conscious? Can information be destroyed? Do we live in a computer simulation? Are we part of a multiverse? In this episode, th...
You might have heard that vending machines are more likely to kill you than a shark, but they aren’t the only deadly object out there. You’r...
On 4 July 2012, one of the longest-running mysteries in physics was finally clarified. The ATLAS and CMS collaborations at CERN’s Large Hadr...
Do Diet Coke and salt cause heart disease? How do you transport a heart to be transplanted? How can you learn to live with angina? In this m...
In this Christmas-special we go behind-the-scenes of our 2022 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, presented by Professor Dame Sue Black. Katherine Mathieson...