Feature articles written by Ri Staff and external authors on current scientific topics.
Our digital media intern, Kathy Grenville, questions the effectiveness of recent bans on single use plastics and looks at innovations in science seeking to save our environment from plastic pollution
Read more...Our Director, Shaun Fitzgerald, has spent his whole career trying to tackle one of the root causes of climate change – mankind’s use of energy. Here he talks about what we can do to prevent climate change and recommends some future events on the subject.
Read more...The Ri's Gail Cardew on why the work of the Lloyds Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk links with the Ri’s objective to encourage people to think more deeply about the place of science in their lives.
Read more...The Ri's Gail Cardew proposes that there are more similarities than there are differences, between science and art.
Read more...The Royal Institution joins 45 leading science organisations in a letter to European policy makers to highlight that an open exchange of people and ideas is crucial for science.
Read more...Gail Cardew, our Professor of Science, Culture and Society and Director of Science and Education rounds up the evening's events.
Read more...Gail Cardew, Professor of Science, Culture and Society, discusses the importance of positioning science at the heart of culture ahead of the EuroScience Open Forum.
Read more...Cheney school student Coral fills us in on how she's been inspiring other young people to get involved in STEM enrichment since taking part in Mathematics Masterclasses.
Read more...Professor Gail Cardew reflects on the discussions from the fourth Ri unconference for young people.
Read more...Professor Gail Cardew and Professor Sir Peter Knight set out their asks for the spending review.
Read more...Not in London? Don't worry - here's your chance to hear from experts around the world
Posted to Talking science on20th May 2014
Senior Producer Ed Prosser lifts the lid on our 1 April CHRISTMAS LECTURES announcement.
Posted to Behind the scenes on2nd April 2016
Jim Whiting, BBSRC PhD student from the University of Nottingham, tells us how his experiences as 2015 CHRISTMAS LECTURES Media Assistant revealed the value of scientists working with the media.
Posted to Behind the scenes on10th May 2016
Frank James, Professor of the History of Science and Head of Collections, explains how the Ri's own collection of Davy's original manuscripts reveals the process behind the development of the Davy Lamp.
Posted on20th May 2016