Meet Peter Gallivan, author of ‘The Hidden Heroes of Science: Shining a Light on the Unknown Trailblazers of the Scientific World’, an exciting new collaboration between DK Books and The Royal ...

Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue? The answer was first discovered over 150 years ago right here at the Royal Institution using this tube. John Tyndall was a keen mountaineer and spent quite ...

Discover what a colour actually is, understand how objects become coloured, and how Chemists can manipulate these aspects to produce dyes. In this workshop students will discover what a colour ...

In this workshop, students get to experience what it would be like to work in a forensics lab by investigating a fictional crime scene scenario. They will evaluate the crime scene and suspect DNA ...

This workshop explores a concept which astronomers refer to as "The Cosmic Distance Ladder". By measuring progressively larger distances in the solar system, and then beyond, we can get a handle on ...

Participants will be working as Electronic and Electrical Engineers with some Mechanical Engineering aspects. They will design and build an increasingly complex electrical and electronic control ...

What if you could measure gravity using just a toy car and a ramp? In this hands-on physics workshop, teens will derive the "suvat" equations from first principles—exploring how displacement, velocity ...

In this workshop, students extract DNA from their own cheek cells and take home a unique keepsake - a necklace containing visible strands of their own DNA. Using enzymes, detergent and ethanol, ...

Get ready for an epic construction adventure! In teams of six, children will transform humble sheets of newspaper into solid, structural STIXX rods using a special hand-operated STIXX machine. With ...