Donate to the RI and help us bring you more lectures

Quantum Paradoxes: 5 Ways to Test the Multiverse | Maria Violaris

19K views · 2026-06-26 17:00:06

There are 22 theories of consciousness: Michael Pollan explains why none of them work

15K views · 2026-06-22 17:00:14

She tested 210 smart devices. Here's what they're hiding | IoT with Anna Maria Mandalari

41K views · 2026-06-19 17:00:22

Jim Al Khalili explains Einstein's battle with quantum mechanics

11K views · 2026-06-16 17:00:31

This is how Galileo studied the sky in 1609 #shorts #galileo #telescope #science #sciencehistory

6K views · 2026-06-16 16:00:15

The science behind bubble colours #shorts #experiment #funscience #physics #learning #sciencedemo

5K views · 2026-06-13 17:00:38

AI is solving science's biggest problems — but has no idea why it's right | with Claire Malone

7K views · 2026-06-12 17:00:08

Why the sky is blue, how butterflies migrate & the true story of Halley's Comet | with Lucy Rogers

5K views · 2026-06-05 17:00:34

How nanoparticles are quietly revolutionising the world | with Ivan Parkin

6K views · 2026-06-02 17:00:13

How geology built civilisation | with Anjana Khatwa | Part 2

4K views · 2026-05-26 19:00:03

How geology built civilisation | with Anjana Khatwa | Part 1

6K views · 2026-05-26 17:00:19

(Part 2) The Science of Cooking: What's Happening to Your Food | With Ben Ebbrell & David Weitz

12K views · 2026-05-19 18:00:19

(Part 1) The Science of Cooking: What's Happening to Your Food | With Ben Ebbrell & David Weitz

32K views · 2026-05-19 17:00:13

What makes Magnus Carlsen so good? The psychology behind chess – with Fernand Gobet | Part 2

11K views · 2026-05-14 17:01:06

What makes Magnus Carlsen unbeatable? The psychology behind chess – with Fernand Gobet | Part 1

39K views · 2026-05-12 17:00:08

Can sound levitate objects and create holograms you can touch? with Sriram Subramanian

8K views · 2026-05-05 17:00:57

How does your brain create your sense of self? Part 2 with Anil Seth and Michael Pollan

17K views · 2026-04-30 17:01:19

How does your brain create your sense of self? Part 1 with Anil Seth and Michael Pollan

52K views · 2026-04-28 17:00:55

Prime numbers in Shakespeare? with Marcus du Sautoy #shorts #shakespeare #primenumber #mathematics

20K views · 2026-04-23 16:01:22

Quicksilver, alchemy & Faraday's motor – Part 2 with Andrew Szydlo

27K views · 2026-04-22 16:01:25

How does survivorship bias work? #shorts #science #survivorshipbias #ww2

43K views · 2026-04-22 16:00:48

Quicksilver, alchemy & Faraday's motor – Part 1 with Andrew Szydlo

187K views · 2026-04-21 17:00:20

Do Your Genes Make You Fat? with Giles Yeo #shorts #genetics #genes #science

88K views · 2026-04-21 16:00:35

What does your body do in the cold? Christmas Lectures 1998 with Nancy Rothwell #shorts #science

20K views · 2026-04-19 15:01:23

Why are sea levels rising? with oceanographer John Englander #shorts #science #sealevels

93K views · 2026-04-18 16:01:20

Why astronomers think we're close to discovering life in space with Chris Impey #shorts #space

52K views · 2026-04-14 16:00:02

6,000 planets discovered — and we still can't read their atmospheres | with Jonathan Tennyson

25K views · 2026-04-14 15:01:47

How explosive is nitrogen triiodide #shorts #sciencedemo

8K views · 2026-04-13 16:00:54

The step by step of a rocket launch with Kevin Fong #shorts #rocketlaunch #science

18K views · 2026-04-10 16:00:33

How an aircraft engineer designed the Vespa with César Hidalgo #shorts #science #engineeringhistory

22K views · 2026-04-07 16:00:23

How babies get jaundice: Christmas Lectures 1987 with John Meruig Thomas and David Phillips #shorts

12K views · 2026-04-05 15:00:31

Could anyone fake a Jackson Pollock? with Marcus du Sautoy #maths #scienceeducation #jacksonpollock

29K views · 2026-04-03 16:00:27

Discourse: Mathematical tools to transform the world – with Becky Shipley

27K views · 2026-03-31 16:00:55

How far away really is the moon? with Anu Ojha #shorts #spacescience #scienceshorts

6.7M views · 2026-03-27 18:00:34

How to Do Maths Without a Calculator with Rob Eastaway #fibonacci #maths #mathstricks

873K views · 2026-03-26 18:00:10

The science of consciousness: Could a conscious AI exist? - Ri Science Podcast with Anil Seth

11K views · 2026-03-25 12:40:28

The unexpected planet that could redefine the search for life in space | with Nikku Madhusudhan

4K views · 2026-03-24 18:00:22

Why are tortoishell cats mostly female? Christmas Lectures 1984 with Walter Bodmer #shorts #science

9K views · 2026-03-22 16:01:05

Could You Outrun a T Rex? with David Hone #shorts #sciencelecture #dinosaurs

22K views · 2026-03-19 16:00:29

The most explosive science demos - with The Royal Institution

10K views · 2026-03-17 16:01:33

Mission to Mars - Kevin Fong's 2015 Christmas Lectures 3/3

3K views · 2026-03-14 23:01:05

How to Survive in Orbit: The Physics of Life Support - Kevin Fong's 2015 Christmas Lectures 2/3

3K views · 2026-03-14 21:00:29

Riding the Fireball: The Physics of Lift Off - Kevin Fong's 2015 Christmas Lectures 1/3

3K views · 2026-03-14 17:01:15

A New Revolution - Danielle George's 2014 Christmas Lectures 3/3

3K views · 2026-03-10 20:30:07

Holograms, AI & The Secret Science of Smartphones - Danielle George's 2014 Christmas Lectures 2/3

3K views · 2026-03-10 19:00:30

The Light Bulb Moment - Danielle George's 2014 Christmas Lectures 1/3

2K views · 2026-03-10 16:01:27

Could I live forever? - Alison Woollard's 2013 Christmas Lectures 3/3

3K views · 2026-03-08 20:00:07

Am I a Mutant? - Allison Woollard's 2013 Christmas Lectures 2/3

2K views · 2026-03-08 17:30:10

Where do I come from? - Alison Woollard's 2013 Christmas Lectures 1/3

2K views · 2026-03-08 13:00:55

Earth: The Philosopher's Stone - Peter Wothers' 2012 Christmas Lectures 3/3

3K views · 2026-03-05 19:00:52

Water: The Fountain of Youth - Peter Wothers' 2012 Christmas Lectures 2/3

2K views · 2026-03-05 17:30:12

Air: The Elixir of Life - Peter Wothers' 2012 Christmas Lectures 1/3

2K views · 2026-03-05 16:00:51

Hearing smell and tasting words: The science of synaesthesia - with Mary Jane Spiller

6K views · 2026-03-03 17:10:13

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? - Bruce Hood 2011 Christmas Lectures 3/3

2K views · 2026-03-02 16:00:40

Who's in charge here anyway? - Bruce Hood 2011 Christmas Lectures 2/3

3K views · 2026-02-28 17:30:13

What's in your head? - Bruce Hood 2011 Christmas Lectures 1/3

3K views · 2026-02-28 16:00:22

Why mountains are so small - Mark Miodownik 2010 Christmas Lectures 3/3

4K views · 2026-02-24 20:00:41

Why chocolate melts and jet planes don't - Mark Miodownik 2010 Christmas Lectures 2/3

3K views · 2026-02-24 18:01:10

Elephants can't dance, but hamsters can - Mark Miodownik 2010 Christmas Lectures 1/3

2K views · 2026-02-24 16:30:25

Quantum physics and the gateway to a new reality - with Vlatko Vedral

158K views · 2026-02-17 17:30:08

Shaping the future - Neil Johnson's 1999 Christmas Lectures 5/5

3K views · 2026-02-11 22:01:03

Living on the edge of chaos - Neil Johnson's 1999 Christmas Lectures 4/5

2K views · 2026-02-11 20:30:09

The Quantum Leap - Neil Johnson's 1999 Christmas Lectures 3/5

4K views · 2026-02-11 19:00:23

Catching the Waves - Neil Johnson's 1999 Christmas Lectures 2/5

2K views · 2026-02-11 17:30:08

Back to the Future - Neil Johnson's 1999 Christmas Lectures 1/5

3K views · 2026-02-11 16:00:39

Michael Faraday's genius formula for innovation #scienceeducation #science #inventions

18K views · 2026-02-05 17:29:52

How engineers can crack science's toughest mysteries - with Shini Somara

12K views · 2026-02-03 17:30:15

Fearful Symmetry - Ian Stewart's 1997 Christmas Lectures 5/5

2K views · 2026-01-29 22:00:03

Chaos and Cauliflowers - Ian Stewart's 1997 Christmas Lectures 4/5

3K views · 2026-01-29 20:30:00

Outrageous Fortune - Ian Stewart's 1997 Christmas Lectures 3/5

3K views · 2026-01-29 19:00:18

The Pattern of Tiny Feet - Ian Stewart's 1997 Christmas Lectures 2/5

2K views · 2026-01-29 17:30:04

Sunflowers and Snowflakes - Ian Stewart's 1997 Christmas Lectures 1/5

3K views · 2026-01-29 16:01:15

The History of Man - Simon Conway Morris's 1996 Christmas Lectures 5/5

4K views · 2026-01-22 22:00:08

The Great Dyings: Life After Death - Simon Conway Morris's 1996 Christmas Lectures 3/5

4K views · 2026-01-22 19:00:17

Innovations and Novelty - Simon Conway Morris's 1996 Christmas Lectures 4/5

3K views · 2026-01-22 18:30:38

The Fossils Come Alive - Simon Conway Morris's 1996 Christmas Lectures 2/5

3K views · 2026-01-22 17:30:11

Staring into the abyss - Simon Conway Morris's 1996 Christmas Lectures 1/5

5K views · 2026-01-22 16:01:26

The secret paths of global knowledge transfer - with Cesar Hidalgo

10K views · 2026-01-20 17:30:15

Waterworld - James Jackson's 1995 Christmas Lectures 5/5

3K views · 2026-01-15 22:00:01

The Puzzle of the Continents - James Jackson's 1995 Christmas Lectures 4/5

3K views · 2026-01-15 20:30:00

Volcanoes: Melting The Earth - James Jackson's 1995 Christmas Lectures 3/5

3K views · 2026-01-15 19:00:24

Secrets of the Deep - James Jackson's 1995 Christmas Lectures 2/5

4K views · 2026-01-15 17:30:03

On The Edge Of The World - James Jackson's 1995 Christmas Lectures 1/5

5K views · 2026-01-15 16:01:09

Why every diagram you've seen of the solar system is wrong #spacescience #solarsystem

19K views · 2026-01-12 17:29:49

Engineering's secret weapon: How ultrasound spots structural problems - with Rachel Edwards

11K views · 2026-01-06 17:29:49

Searching the Solar System - Christmas Lectures 2025 with Maggie Aderin-Pocock 2/3

8K views · 2025-12-28 19:59:50

Destination Moon - Christmas Lectures 2025 with Maggie Aderin-Pocock 1/3

9K views · 2025-12-28 19:00:06

To the Stars and Beyond - Christmas Lectures 2025 with Maggie Aderin-Pocock 3/3

7K views · 2025-12-28 00:00:50

What it's really like on the International Space Station #christmaslectures #spacetravel #timpeake

9K views · 2025-12-27 17:30:21

The history of space science - with Maggie Aderin-Pocock

14K views · 2025-12-23 18:00:14

The Mind's I - Susan Greenfield's 1994 Christmas Lectures 5/5

4K views · 2025-12-20 23:01:13

The Seven Ages of the Brain - Susan Greenfield's 1994 Christmas Lectures 4/5

4K views · 2025-12-20 21:30:04

Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble - Susan Greenfield's 1994 Christmas Lectures 3/5

3K views · 2025-12-20 20:00:58

Through a Glass Darkly - Susan Greenfield's 1994 Christmas Lectures 2/5

4K views · 2025-12-20 18:31:10

The Electric Ape - Susan Greenfield's 1994 Christmas Lectures 1/5

5K views · 2025-12-20 17:00:00

How we made the world's biggest lemon battery - from the 2016 Christmas Lectures

5K views · 2025-12-19 18:49:29

The mind-bending reality of quantum mechanics - with Jim Al Khalili

614K views · 2025-12-16 17:29:48