Author and science communicator Tracy King will create a lasting record of one of the UK’s most influential science broadcasts, when she takes up post as the inaugural Writer in Residence to the ...

Asthma is a common childhood condition and one of the most common causes for childhood admissions to hospital. Medical understanding of underlying factors that trigger asthma symptoms has developed ...

Innovation is an integral part of science, but is it always good? Join ethics and technology expert Jeroen van den Hoven as he explores how to make sure our innovations and new technologies serve the ...

Over the past fifty years, astronomers have grown increasingly certain that most of the Universe is made up of a mysterious, invisible substance that defies our current understanding of physics. This ...

Could Hycean worlds hold alien life? Join us to explore new exoplanets, JWST discoveries, and the future of finding life beyond Earth. Are we alone in the universe? This is one of the oldest and most ...

Through a series of fascinating examples, physicist and data-visualisation specialist César Hidalgo shows how scientific laws of time, space and value allow us to chart how knowledge moves and spreads ...

The Ig Nobel Prize honours things that make people LAUGH, then THINK. Ten new prizes have been awarded every year since 1991 in topics from Astronomy to Entomology. At this special event, Ig Nobel ...

Join us in the Ri Theatre for a chance to hear from Maggie Aderin-Pocock, our eagerly awaited 2025 Christmas Lecturer, who will deliver our prestigious annual November Discourse. Dame Margaret ...

Quantum information technology is expected to disrupt critical communication, computing, and sensing infrastructure. Importantly, each near-term application of quantum information is recognised ...

Mikhail Burtsev explains how artificial intelligence is helping to decipher genomes and accelerate medical discoveries. Artificial Intelligence is revolutionising our understanding of life. The ...

Join planetary scientist Marina Galand for a look at what aurora can teach us about planets and moons around the solar system. The spectacle of the Northern Lights is usually confined to the ...

World-leading immunologist Daniel M. Davis examines the research and technology that is revolutionsing our understanding of immune system health. Can orange juice really ward off the common cold? How ...