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From The Royal Institution. Erica Thompson explains how mathematical models can help us predict the future, even if they aren’t perfect. Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhHK-6QDCr0
From The Royal Institution. Find out how consciousness is generated in the human brain – and discover the evidence suggesting some animals are also sentient. Read Nicholas’s book ‘Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness’ here: https://geni.us/eCGs Watch the Q&A here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBIa1KeXEWk Donate to the RI and help us bring you more lectures: https://www.rigb.org/support-us/donate-ri Join renowned psychologist…
From The Royal Institution. David Mulryne helps us visualise the dynamic properties of spacetime using a balloon, in his talk about what happened before the Big Bang, at the Royal Institution. Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmkHQ9zNm8k
From The Royal Institution. Discover some of the exciting discoveries in our Solar System, made by the JWST in its first year of operation. Watch the Q&A here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDcMy8Llhw8&t=0s Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Embark on a journey of cosmic exploration with NASA scientist Naomi Rowe-Gurney as she explores the mysteries of our celestial…
From The Royal Institution. Watch mathematician Kit Yates describe the problem with linear thinking and Chat GPT. Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/ehXZHY_jgI0
From The Royal Institution. And could a T-Rex really eat a lawyer? Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-jD7kQvyPs
From The Royal Institution. Find out how non-linearity and randomness can cause problems for our decision-making – and how can maths help. Watch the Q&A with Kit here: https://youtu.be/qQ7Nc-kpzPMthe Buy Kit’s book ‘How to expect the unexpected’ here: https://geni.us/qNvg6bc 00:00 Intro and famously bad predictions from school reports 05:42 What is linearity? 10:42 How can…
From The Royal Institution. How we can balance the medical, social and cultural in understanding all types of disability? Join Tom Shakespeare as he explores approaches to disability, including neurodiversity. Watch the Q&A with Tom here: https://youtu.be/NNofWpXoCFc Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe This talk was recorded at the Ri on 29 September 2022. Over…
From The Royal Institution. Susan Gourvenec harnesses hydroelectric power to light up a mini lighthouse in her talk at the Royal Institution. Watch the full video about renewable offshore energy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqOzsqT9QNQ
From The Royal Institution. What happened at the beginning of the universe, before the hot big bang? Join astronomer David Mulryne as he gives an introduction to cosmic inflation. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/Wm24V0Q2p5E Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe This lecture was recorded at the Ri on 13 July 2023. For years, there has…
From The Royal Institution. Offshore wind turbines provide us with clean electricity, powering our homes, vehicles and lifestyles. But how do we design and scale up what’s required to meet net zero targets? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/fsEk5YQRy28 This lecture was recorded at the Ri on 23 June 2023.…
From The Royal Institution. Tessa Baker takes us on a tour of gravitational waves, from equations to sounds. Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_J_uJcjQ0I
From The Royal Institution. Exoplanets are planets that orbit around a star, like our own Earth. These planets could be hiding life somewhere out in the universe – what does that mean for our world? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe 00:00 Intro – the search for life in the universe 04:20 How do we…
From The Royal Institution. Chris Clarkson takes us on a visual journey from where we are now to the farthest part of the universe we will ever see. Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKFBdibfoZM
From The Royal Institution. How do mathematical models help us make predictions about what will happen? And what happens when those models are biased towards a particular view of the world? Buy Erica’s book ‘Escape from Model Land’ here: https://geni.us/8XxJ Watch the Q&A for this event here: https://youtu.be/ijEC7H_bZ_A This talk was recorded at the Ri…
From The Royal Institution. Discover the physics of music, as Anna demonstrates how you cancreate a functioning trumpet from weird and wonderful materials. Watch Anna’s full lecture on materials science here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV6XAfZcCCE Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Dr Anna Ploszajski is an award-winning materials scientist, author, presenter, comedian and storyteller based in London. She’s…
From The Royal Institution. The race for dominance in space is shaping the future of humanity. Join bestselling author and international diplomacy expert, Tim Marshall, as he lifts the lid on the geopolitical space race. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/96DB3T-X0Z0 Buy Tim’s book ‘The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change…
From The Royal Institution. What do hurricanes, pandemics and free will have in common? They can all be described by Chaos Theory. Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_J_uJcjQ0I
From The Royal Institution. How can we map the universe and its galaxies? What’s the evidence for dark matter and dark energy? And how has Einstein’s general theory of relativity been proven by modern technology? Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/7rM7eXq1mQw Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe In this talk Chris Clarkson describes how cosmological surveys…
From The Royal Institution. The geometry of chaos can explain our uncertain world, from weather and pandemics to quantum physics and free will. This talk was recorded at the Ri on 21 April 2023. Join Tim Palmer as he explores how it provides the means to predict the world around us, and provides new insights…
From The Royal Institution. Planets orbit the sun in a flat plane – but how does a tutu come into it? Watch the full lecture about massive stars here: https://youtu.be/fDUOEdcjqSo
From The Royal Institution. In 2023 scientists detected the sound of gravitational waves for the first time. Find out more about gravitational waves and how they are detected, with cosmologist and astronomer Tessa Baker. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/ZvAWb6br2OI Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe 00:00 Intro 01:16 A brief history of astronomy 04:09 New…
From The Royal Institution. What are massive stars and supernovae, and why are they so rare? And why have they had such a huge effect on the evolution of the universe? Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/-XiZNxF37Xo Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe When stars are born, hundreds of thousands can form in one cluster. Amongst…
From The Royal Institution. The ocean is a giant, complex machine that drives the world we live in – and we ignore it at our peril. Find out why with 2020 Christmas lecturer Helen Czerski. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/Tn8lOAMj06U Buy Helen’s book ‘Blue Machine’ here: https://geni.us/QRid Discover the rich diversity of life and movement…
From The Royal Institution. Who were the unsung heroes behind the discovery of DNA? From its discovery in pus-soaked bandages in 1868, to the aftermath of Watson’s best-seller The Double Helix a century later. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/XscH3mbyQU4 Buy Gareth’s book here: https://geni.us/Ec34Agv This video was recorded at the Ri on 25 July 2019.…
From The Royal Institution. Could fusion energy transform the way the world produces energy for the world? Find out with demos of plasma, superconductors, diode pumps and more. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/FvIvD_YovGk 00:00 Intro 01:06 Why do we need fusion energy? 05:54 Why is energy density important? (demo)…
From The Royal Institution. Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV6XAfZcCCE — The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ri_science Listen to the Ri podcast: https://anchor.fm/ri-science-podcast Our editorial policy: https://www.rigb.org/editing-ri-talks-and-moderating-comments Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it…
From The Royal Institution. The Covid-19 pandemic revealed the huge health inequalities that exist in our society, and London was no exception. So how can we improve health outcomes for everyone? Watch the Q&A with Kevin here: https://youtu.be/osCtWMchdqc Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The COVID-19 pandemic showed the world how our social and physical…
From The Royal Institution. What’s the science behind everyday materials like glass, plastic, steel, and sugar? And how can you make a chocolate trumpet? Find out with Anna’s demo-packed talk. Buy Anna’s book ‘Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making’ here: https://geni.us/zBfFqX Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Join Anna Ploszajski to learn about…
From The Royal Institution. Can you guess what they are? Watch the full talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8jdndd-x7w
From The Royal Institution. How do black holes work? Find out more in the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8bBhkhZtd8
From The Royal Institution. It might not be what you think! Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-mu238RiBA
From The Royal Institution. Why does computer code have such a huge impact on our lives? From the Y2K bug to the history of pop-up ads, discover how code has changed the world. Buy the book here: https://geni.us/X2EN Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/jTvcnGzPj8Y Everything from law enforcement to space exploration relies on code written by…
From The Royal Institution. Ever wondered about the secrets behind pyrotechnics? Discover the science that makes these spectacular displays possible. This lecture was filmed at the Ri on Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Matthew Tosh is a presenter, pyrotechnician, safety and training consultant. Matthew creates exceptional experiences and helps people tell stories through presenting,…