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On behalf of the Trustees, Patrons, Members and staff of the Royal Institution, Sir Richard Catlow, Chairman of the Royal

Technology and engineering

Do machines need emotional intelligence? And how can we create technology that behaves in a socio-emotionally intelligent way?

Maths

Zoe was mocked for her mathematical approach to lottery numbers. In her defence, she has a point.

Art, culture and society

Explore these inspiring lesser-known STEM galleries and museums in the Big Smoke.

Physics

What lies beyond the edge of our own universe? Learn more from cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton as she discusses her ground

Livestream

Talks and shows

Thu 13 Oct 2022

Nobel Prize–winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles explores objective reality in natural science

In-person

Talks and shows

Sat 12 Nov 2022

Join us for a premier physical viewing of the documentary 'Last exit: Space', written and directed by Rudolph Herzog.

History of science

Writer Ben Miller leads Jim Al-Khalili through our search for alien life in the Universe in the first of our new podcast series

Technology and engineering

Anita Sengupta is one of the lead NASA engineers who developed the system to land Curiosity. She describes the challenges of

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