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Colourful origami shapes

Talks and shows

Engineering with origami

Sat 22 Oct 2022

Discover the surprising uses of origami in science and engineering

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In-person
Two pixelated heads

Talks and shows

WiFi Wars Debug XIV

Fri 07 Oct 2022

Future-tech video gaming comedy show WiFi Wars returns to the Ri

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In-person
Multi-coloured balls

Talks and shows

Particle physics made easy: from past successes to remaining challenges

Mon 26 Sep 2022
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In-person
A man blows flour into a blowtorch, creating a giant fireball

Talks and shows

Explosive Food (matinee show)

Fri 26 Aug 2022

Join the Ri's own presenter extraordinaire Dan Plane for a demo-filled journey through the science of food.

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In-person
A collage of photos of Kyle Evans pulling various silly faces

Talks and shows

Maths madness

Mon 01 Aug 2022

Joyous number-play and family entertainment collide in this exciting, energetic show filled with amazing maths.

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a young girl is looking at a paper covered in paint splatters

Brain

Splatterns

Learn to make splatter pictures and experiment with trying to spot hidden images in random patterns.

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a girl is holding up two cardboard eyes over a light switch making it looks as if it's a face

Brain

Finding faces

Find out why we see faces in inanimate objects and learn about what features are most important in recognising a face.

Finding faces Read more
A boy peeks over a paper disc

Brain

Spinema

Create your very own hand-made animations, and learn about how we perceive motion.

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young girl looks at a diaper in disgust

Brain

Disgusting dining

Make a delicious and disgusting fake poo, and learn about how our emotions form.

Disgusting dining Read more
small girl in dungarees with one hand on her head and another on her belly

Brain

Multitasking mayhem

Learn how different parts of your brain deal with different tasks, test your multitasking skills, and explore how some

Multitasking mayhem Read more

Pagination

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