Blog CHRISTMAS LECTURES To space and back! The view from a CHRISTMAS LECTURES assistant Abby Guillermo, a PhD student from the University of Oxford, shares her experience as a 2015 CHRISTMAS LECTURES assistant. To space and back! The view from a CHRISTMAS LECTURES assistant Read more
Video Art, culture and society Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES Technology and engineering How to survive in space – The next frontier (2015) In the third and final of the 2015 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, space doctor Kevin Fong explores the 'the next frontier' of human space How to survive in space – The next frontier (2015) Read more
Video Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES Technology and engineering How to survive in space – Life in orbit (2015) Kevin Fong explores 'life in orbit' on board the International Space Station. How to survive in space – Life in orbit (2015) Read more
Video Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES Technology and engineering How to survive in space – Lift off! (2015) Kevin Fong explores and probes second by second what it takes to ‘lift off’ into space. How to survive in space – Lift off! (2015) Read more
Blog CHRISTMAS LECTURES A fond farewell Michelle Reeve looks back on her BBSRC internship at the Ri during the CHRISTMAS LECTURES. A fond farewell Read more
Video 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 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 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 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 The gyroscope, an engineer and the CHRISTMAS LECTURES Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Life fantastic – Could I live forever? (2013) Every living thing – humans, animals, plants or a single cell – eventually dies, but why? Life fantastic – Could I live forever? (2013) Read more
