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Chemistry CHRISTMAS LECTURES

The modern alchemist – Air: The elixir of life (2012)

Watch the first lecture from the 2012 CHRISTMAS LECTURES series.

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Video Hannah Fry presenting a lecture in the Royal Institution Theatre

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Maths

Secrets and lies – How to get lucky (2019)

Hannah Fry explores luck and asks whether probability allow us to understand and predict complex systems.

Secrets and lies – How to get lucky (2019) Read more
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Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – Fighting back (2021)

Jonathan Van-Tam is joined by leading experts to unlock the science of vaccines, variants and viral genetic code.

Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – Fighting back (2021) Read more
Video Jonathan Van-Tam looking at a perspex box filled with colourful ping pong balls and mouse traps that are setting each other off

Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – The perfect storm (2021)

Jonathan Van-Tam is joined by leading experts to reveal the secrets of contagion and the mathematics of disease.

Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – The perfect storm (2021) Read more
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CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – The invisible enemy (2021)

Jonathan Van-Tam is joined by leading experts to explore viruses, the immune system and modern testing technology.

Going viral: How Covid changed science forever – The invisible enemy (2021) Read more
Blog The 2015 CHRISTMAS LECTURES 'How to survive in space'

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

From the lab to the front page

Jim Whiting, BBSRC PhD student from the University of Nottingham, tells us how his experiences as 2015 CHRISTMAS LECTURES Media

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CHRISTMAS LECTURES Climate

Planet Earth: A user's guide – Up in the air (2020)

Tara Shine shows how Earth produces a never-ending supply of oxygen, and why today’s increased carbon emissions are dangerous to

Planet Earth: A user's guide – Up in the air (2020) Read more
Video Helen Czerski with a giant light up globe

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Climate

Planet Earth: A user's guide – Water world (2020)

Helen Czerski unpicks the Earth’s heating and plumbing systems, showing how shifting ocean water forms the heart of the Earth's

Planet Earth: A user's guide – Water world (2020) Read more
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CHRISTMAS LECTURES Climate

Planet Earth: A user's guide – Engine Earth (2020)

Chris Jackson shows us how the planet’s oldest rocks and fossils tell a story of radical climate changes throughout history.

Planet Earth: A user's guide – Engine Earth (2020) Read more
Person Christmas Lecturer Chris Jackson in the Ri lecture theatre

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Chris Jackson

Chris Jackson is a geologist and adventurer and was one of the 2020 Christmas Lecturers.

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