The 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, supported by CGI in the UK and presented by Mike Wooldridge start tonight 🙌 What is Artificial Intelligence and how does it work? How do we build machines that can achieve what a human brain can achieve? Find out the answers to these questions from 8pm. 📺Watch on BBC Four & iPlayer. | Royal Institution of Great Britain

Artificial Intelligence is the most rapidly evolving area of science today Join Mike Wooldridge for the CHRISTMAS LECTURES, supported by CGI in the UK, revealing the truth about AI - from its impact on daily life to showing how AI technology really works 📺 8pm on BBC Four on 26, 27, 28 December & BBC iPlayer | Royal Institution of Great Britain

Lightsabers from Star Wars aren't just "an elegant weapon, from a more civilised age"—there is science behind the science fiction. Chemist Alex Baker explored the science of a galaxy far, far away. Watch the lecture here: youtube.com/watch?v=zvyW-6MMDjM | Royal Institution of Great Britain

It's not just cool, it's rocket science 🚀 Nanoparticles of iron in a medium form a ferrofluid: magnetic liquid. Our new mini-documentary uncovers how Michael Faraday investigated nanoparticles over 100 years before the start of interest in nanotechnology. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=NFwknJClXS0 | Royal Institution of Great Britain

🎧 New podcast episode 🎧 Our 2025 Christmas Lecturer, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, joins us on the podcast to explore the fascinating history of space imaging and her extensive experience in the scientific world. Listen here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/ri-science-podcast/episodes/Tripping-the-light-fantastic-Space-science-and-200-years-of-the-CHRISTMAS-LECTURES---with-Dame-Dr-Maggie-Aderin-Pocock-e3bffsd/a-acb04ob | Royal Institution of Great Britain