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Power up: Engineering adventures in energy (family)

Sat 20 Jun 2026

Yasmin Ali explores the exciting hidden world of energy

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Quarks, collisions, and the ultimate fate of the Universe

Sat 20 Jun 2026

Particle physicist Kate Shaw sets out to discover what a fundamental particle can tell us about the nature of the Universe.

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Being bionic (family)

Sat 06 Jun 2026

Patrick Kane explores leading edge medical engineering and how it is transforming human capability

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How AI is Reinventing the Battery

Mon 15 Jun 2026

Join the Faraday Institution, and a panel of leading scientists and engineers, for a series of talks exploring how AI could lead

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Redefining extinction

Sat 13 Jun 2026

Author Sadiah Qureshi explores our relationship with extinction, how our understanding of it has changed, and even whether it

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Forensics: How to solve a crime

Sat 06 Jun 2026

Join a team of forensic scientists for an immersive, demo-filled event taking us through the process of analysing and solving a

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Quantum Paradoxes: From testing the multiverse to a tech revolution

Sat 23 May 2026

Quantum physicist Maria Violaris demystifies the fascinating and mind-bending paradoxes which could power advances in modern

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WiFi Wars Summer Spectacular 2026

Fri 05 Jun 2026

WiFi Wars are back for a very special summer celebration, combining all the usual interactive digital fun with the unique Ri

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The science of cooking with Ben Ebbrell

Sat 18 Apr 2026

Discover what's really going on when we cook food, and taste the results, with Harvard's David Weitz and Sorted Food's Ben

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The living lab above: Science of the sky

Mon 20 Apr 2026

Join engineer and inventor Lucy Rogers for a vivid, curiosity-fuelled journey through the sky as a dynamic living laboratory.

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