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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Skateboards to starships (age 12–14)

Thu 17 Apr 2025
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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Crash testing (ages 9-11)

Wed 09 Apr 2025

Join us to create your own high velocity eggsporter!

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Talks and shows

Battle of the Big Bang

Sat 28 Jun 2025

Astrophysicist Niayesh Afshordi explores the latest debates on the origin of our universe.

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Talks and shows

Ri Demo Team unleashed

Sat 24 May 2025

The Ri Demo Team and friends present their newest demonstrations, plus some old favourites in this explosive show!

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Talks and shows

Following Faraday's hint: The search for quantum gravity

Sat 08 Feb 2025

World-renowned physicist Jim Gates explores how visualisation can propel the search for quantum gravity.

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Talks and shows

LIVESTREAM TICKETS AVAILABLE - The greatest science demos of all time!

Sat 15 Mar 2025

Help decide the most-loved demo from over 200 years of history.

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Physics

The physics of baby carrying

We know carrying our babies close to us has lots of benefits for both adult and child, but have you ever considered how physics

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Talks and shows

Let there be light! (Family)

Sat 26 Apr 2025

Join Gideon Koekoek as he explores the existence of light.

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Talks and shows

An introduction to cosmology 2025 (short course)

Mon 24 Feb 2025 - Mon 24 Mar 2025

Join Malcom Fairbairn's famous short course to explore the greatest cosmology questions of our time.

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Talks and shows

Science and snacks: Droplet mechanics

Tue 08 Apr 2025

We'll bring the science, you bring the snacks.

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