Students will explore the difference between acids and alkalis and how they react to form a salt. Using this knowledge they then make their own personalised bath bombs. The workshop also allows ...

The continual struggle between bacterial pathogens and their hosts provides an illustration of evolution in action, driven by changes in the bacterial DNA. Students use restriction enzyme digests and ...

Students will extract their own DNA and walk away with a small piece of it in a necklace for them to wear. Working in a real science lab and using their own cheek cells, students will extract their ...

The CHRISTMAS LECTURES ticket ballot has now closed. The 2024 CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution will be filmed in front of a live audience in our Theatre on Tuesday 10 December, Thursday ...

This workshop will introduce students to the BBC Micro:bit and how it can be used it to create music. They will be introduced to how, with the addition of input and output devices, the Micro:bit can ...

Learn to use to the BBC Micro:bit in this computer science workshop for 7–8 year olds. This workshop will introduce students to the BBC Mirco:bit and how it can be used it to create music. They will ...

In this workshop students learn how vehicles are designed to keep us safe in a collision and use your knowledge to protect an egg passenger during a real crash test. Discover how Newton's laws of ...

James Millen returns to present a six part introduction to the world of quantum theory. When mentioned in passing, quantum theory can seem mystifying, with talk of uncertainty, being in two places at ...

The purpose of the Royal Institution is to connect as many people as possible with science. We've been doing it for well over 200 years and have an international reach, working with world-leading ...

Ada Lovelace Day Live is back! The annual ‘science cabaret’ returns with a fantastic line-up of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), who will share their experiences, insights ...

It is with great sadness that we report the death on the 19th May of Peter Day, who served as Director of the RI from 1991 to 1998. It is with great sadness that we report the death on the 19th May of ...