Leading IT and business consulting firm CGI has renewed its commitment to the Royal Institution’s charitable activities, through a further three years support as title partner to the CHRISTMAS ...

This document sets out a formal consultation by the members of the Mond Trust Committee (MTC) concerning a proposed new Scheme that governs The Mond Trust. The Mond Trust is a charitable trust ...

The Royal Institution (Ri) has today invited expressions of interest from organisations to livestream the 200th CHRISTMAS LECTURES. The Royal Institution (Ri) has today invited expressions of interest ...

To celebrate Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday, we have compiled all his greatest contributions to the Royal Institutio ...

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, ...

Astronomers in the 1800s couldn't figure out what the mysterious 'flames' observed in a total solar eclipse were. Warren de la Rue put the controversy to rest by taking a first-of-its-kind photograph.

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 ...

Humphry Davy was a chemist and the first Director of the Laboratory here at the Royal Institution, taking up the post in 1801. He was central to establishing the Ri as both a popular venue for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since its founding in 1799, the Royal Institution has been committed to connecting scientists and the public. Even before the term "scientist" was coined, we played a vital role in bringing scientific ...

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 ...