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Blog Michelle Reeve holding up a sign that says 'Charlie' next to a cameraman who looks intently at something off camera

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

A fond farewell

Michelle Reeve looks back on her BBSRC internship at the Ri during the CHRISTMAS LECTURES.

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Video Danielle George  standing next to a robot in the Ri Theatre

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Technology and engineering

Sparks will fly: How to hack your home – A new revolution (2014)

Danielle George attempts to use simple motors to construct the world’s greatest robot orchestra.

Sparks will fly: How to hack your home – A new revolution (2014) Read more
Video Danielle George putting her hand into the back of a sculpture of a cow

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Technology and engineering

Sparks will fly: How to hack your home – Making contact (2014)

Danielle George attempts to beam a special guest into the theatre via hologram, using the technology found in a mobile phone.

Sparks will fly: How to hack your home – Making contact (2014) Read more
Video A still of Danielle George at her 2014 CHRISTMAS LECTURE

CHRISTMAS LECTURES Technology and engineering

Sparks will fly: How to hack your home – The light bulb moment (2014)

Danielle George attempts to play a computer game on the windows of a skyscraper using hundreds of light bulbs.

Sparks will fly: How to hack your home – The light bulb moment (2014) Read more
Blog A black and white photograph showing Eric Laithwaite giving lecture at the Royal Institution

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

The gyroscope, an engineer and the CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Eric Laithwaite was a British electrical engineer and presenter of the 1974 CHRISTMAS LECTURES who sparked a controversial

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Video Alison Woollard holding a length of rope, which has a rainbow coloured nozzle attached to it

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Life fantastic – Could I live forever? (2013)

Every living thing – humans, animals, plants or a single cell – eventually dies, but why?

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Video A white duck

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Life fantastic – Am I a mutant? (2013)

As our DNA replicates, mutations arise. Sometimes they can be catastrophic, but sometimes they confer a huge advantage.

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Video Alison Woollard standing behind a pile of rotten bananas, that are encased in a clear box

Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Life fantastic – Where do I come from? (2013)

How does each of your cells know exactly what to do? And when? And where?

Life fantastic – Where do I come from? (2013) Read more
Video Bruce Hood with one hand on his head, standing in front of a bookcase

Brain CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Meet your brain – Are you thinking what I'm thinking? (2011)

Discover what makes us truly human.

Meet your brain – Are you thinking what I'm thinking? (2011) Read more
Video A still from the Bruce Long 2011 CHRISTMAS LECTURE

Brain CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Meet your brain – Who's in charge here anyway? (2011)

Who's in control – you or your brain? Your conscious thoughts are only the tip of the iceberg. Every minute your brain is

Meet your brain – Who's in charge here anyway? (2011) Read more

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