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Sophie Scott researches the neuroscience of voices, speech and laughter and was our 2017 Christmas Lecturer.

Aoife McLysaght is a geneticist and was our 2018 CHRISTMAS LECTURES Guest Lecturer.

Alice Roberts is a biological anthropologist, author and broadcaster and was our 2018 Christmas Lecturer.

Who is Kevin Fong? Find out more about the 2015 Christmas Lecturer.

Three history of science PhD researchers have been named today as the first to be awarded a Freer Prize Fellowship at the Royal

The Royal Institution has announced the appointment of Katherine Mathieson as its new Director.

Hannah Fry uses mathematics to study patterns in human behaviour, particularly in an urban setting and was our 2019 Christmas

Learn to make splatter pictures and experiment with trying to spot hidden images in random patterns.

Find out why we see faces in inanimate objects and learn about what features are most important in recognising a face.

Create your very own hand-made animations, and learn about how we perceive motion.

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