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Prize Lecture
Carbon-based nanoelectronics: from simulations to applications
The Rising Star Africa Prize 2022 lecture given by Dr Khalil Tamersit.
Tuesday 27 June 2023
The Royal Society
Free
Prize Lecture
Communicating COVID-19 with Jonathan Van-Tam
Join us for the David Attenborough Award Lecture given by 2022 winner, Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam.
Wednesday 28 June 2023
The Royal Society
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Galaxy Makers
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Science Century
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
04 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Have your say on space
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Stitching the Stars
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Summer Science Exhibition Lates
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Unlocking the secrets of dark matter using floating glass spheres
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
AromAtom: discover the smell of space
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Cosmic flavour adventure
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Stitching the Stars
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
The art of space - creative mini workshops with Jackie Burns
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Places of science: North Lanarkshire Heritage Trust - to the Moon and back
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
John Regan: The first black holes in the universe
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Andrew Pontzen: what is a simulation – and do we live in one?
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Stephen Wilkins: A tale of two telescopes: JWST and Euclid
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Michele Dougherty - exploring Jupiter and its icy moons: the JUICE mission
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Katherine Joy - space invaders: meteorite attack
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Jenny Carter: SMILE! Taking the first images of the Sun-Earth interaction
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
John Elliott: Preparing humanity for the discovery of extra-terrestrial life - The SETI Post Detection Hub
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Tuesday 04 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
1,000 Days: joining the dots in science for global child health
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Wednesday 05 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Radicals!
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Wednesday 05 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Microbes that manage our waste
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Wednesday 05 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Do you have extra bones in your knee?
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Wednesday 05 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Helen Sharman on STEM careers and space travel
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
05 - 07 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
From bones to biomolecules: can the dead teach us anything?
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
05 - 06 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Brain Build Up
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
06 - 07 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Could you be a dementia researcher?
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
06 - 07 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Mining a sustainable future
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
06 - 07 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Beware: floods ahead!
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
06 - 07 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
What happens when there's too much water?
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
06 - 07 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Two eyed funfair
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Friday 07 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Meat your persona
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
07 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
The Great Ape Challenge
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
07 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Healthy ageing: designing for our future selves
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Friday 07 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Ageing and the rise of the clones
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Friday 07 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Seeing with two eyes - a window into brain plasticity
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Friday 07 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Your divided brain
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Friday 07 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Nature Overheard: Tune in to your streets with the Natural History Museum
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
08 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Ageing Well: Past and Present Perspectives
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
08 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
National Geographic Explorers
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
08 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Kid’s zone: Little House of Science
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
08 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Places of Science: Ballycastle Museum - Marconi's Moyle...Radio Waves Across the Sea
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
08 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Sensing danger
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Saturday 08 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Britain’s Beastly Past
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
08 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Guided walk around St James’s Park
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Saturday 08 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Are You Hot or Not?
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
08 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Brickiversity
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
08 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Places of science: CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket - cricket in a warmer world
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
08 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Life on the edge: mammals of the last Ice Age in Britain
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Saturday 08 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
The pangolin paradox: why are pangolins killed?
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
08 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Cricket in a Warmer World
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Saturday 08 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Rising From the Ashes
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Saturday 08 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
How we make blood: a stem cell story
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Saturday 08 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Unravelling the Mysteries of Humpback Whale Songs: Exploring the Cultural Evolution of Non-Human Animals Across Oceans
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Saturday 08 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Using diamond to fight fungus in space?
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
08 - 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Haulout
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Saturday 08 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Summer Science Live
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Sunday 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
The meat of the matter: can we choose to reduce our meat consumption?
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Sunday 09 July 2023
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Cricket in a Warmer World
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2023.
Sunday 09 July 2023
London
Free
Science And The Law
Science in the Interests of Justice
This meeting will bring together leading scientists and prominent members of the legal community from the UK and USA to explore approaches used by courts in their consideration, evaluation, and management of…
03 - 04 October 2023
Online
Free
Transforming Our Future
Advancing the science of human nutrition
This conference will explore how novel research in industry and academia is advancing our understanding of human nutrition.
Monday 04 December 2023
Online
Free
Festival Event
Imagine... Science: Life Time
Learn how to live a healthier, sharper life using your body clock with Russell Foster.
Sunday 04 June 2023
£12
Festival Event
Imagine... Science: Being Human - How Our Biology Shaped World History
Lewis Dartnell talks to Robin Ince.
Wednesday 31 May 2023
£12
Festival Event
Imagine... Science: If The World Were 100 People
Journey around the planet with the author and illustrator of If the World Were 100 People.
Wednesday 31 May 2023
£12
International
Climate change and innovative paths towards a more sustainable future
International lecture given by Professor Steven Chu ForMemRS, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and former United States Secretary of Energy.
Tuesday 30 May 2023
The Royal Society
Free Event
Festival Event
Imagine... Science: Age Proof
Professor Rose Anne Kenny shares her research at the forefront of ageing medicine.
Sunday 28 May 2023
£12
Transforming Our Future
Sustainable fashion: transdisciplinary approaches to innovation
This event explored the role of science in reducing the environmental impact of the fashion industry.
Tuesday 23 May 2023
Online
Free
Transforming Our Future
Sustainability in the research and innovation endeavour
This conference explored possibilities for enhancing the environmental sustainability of research and innovation activities in wet and dry laboratory environments across all scientific disciplines in both industry…
16 - 17 May 2023
Online
Free
Prize Lecture
Tuberculosis control: the need for new tools
Africa Prize Lecture 2022 given by Professor Novel Njweipi Chegou.
Monday 15 May 2023
The Royal Society
Free
Prize Lecture
Remaking ourselves
Dr Philip Ball, winner of the 2022 Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal, joins us to discuss human genome editing, and the importance of keeping historical and cultural perspectives visible in these debates.
Thursday 11 May 2023
The Royal Society
Free
Prize Lecture
Computer vision: learning to see the world
Bakerian Prize Lecture 2023 given by Professor Andrew Zisserman
Wednesday 03 May 2023
The Royal Society
Free
Prize Lecture
The making, keeping and losing of memory
Ferrier Prize Lecture 2022 given by Professor Richard Morris
Thursday 20 April 2023
The Royal Society
Free
Prize Lecture
The story of my life
Croonian Prize Lecture 2023 given by Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser
Tuesday 18 April 2023
The Royal Society
Free
Online
Young People's Book Prize 2022 Award Ceremony
How do you build a skyscraper? Or say hello in Japanese? Can we farm insects, or eat microbes? What is rewilding? And what is Rosalind Franklin famous for?
Tuesday 07 March 2023
Online
Free
Prize Lecture
Astronomy by Microscope
Join us for the Michael Faraday Prize Lecture given by 2022 winner Professor Monica M Grady.
Monday 06 March 2023
The Royal Society
Free
Conference
Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing
06 - 08 March 2023
London
Free Event
History Of Science
Challenging misinformation
Thursday 02 March 2023
The Royal Society
Free
History Of Science
Royal Society lates: fakes, forgeries and misinformation
Thursday 02 March 2023
The Royal Society
Free
Transforming Our Future
Machine learning and AI in biological science, drug discovery and medicine
Wednesday 01 March 2023
Free
Festival Event
Henry Gee - A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth
Join the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize winner Henry Gee at the Northern Ireland Science Festival.
Friday 17 February 2023
Free Event
Places Of Science
Geometry is a number in space, music is a number in time
Leighton House brings back their Saturday Family Fun series with an exciting journey of practical discovery exploring music, art, geometry and sound.
Saturday 21 January 2023
London
£5
Places Of Science
Geometry is a number in space, music is a number in time
Leighton House brings back their Saturday Family Fun series with an exciting journey of practical discovery exploring music, art, geometry and sound.
Saturday 14 January 2023
London
£5
Prize Lecture
DNA graffiti: Mutation patterns in human cancer and how to use them in medicine
The Francis Crick Lecture 2022 given by Professor Serena Nik-Zainal.
Thursday 12 January 2023
The Royal Society
Free
Places Of Science
Family fun: exploring music and creating sound at Leighton House
Leighton House brings back their Saturday Family Fun series with an exciting journey of practical discovery exploring music, art, geometry and sound.
07 - 21 January 2023
London
£5
Places Of Science
Making instruments, pitch and volume
Leighton House brings back their Saturday Family Fun series with an exciting journey of practical discovery exploring music, art, geometry and sound.
Saturday 07 January 2023
London
£5
Online
Royal Society Science Book Prize award ceremony
Tuesday 29 November 2022
Online
Free
Online
Philanthropy and leadership in a changing world - Science and Civilisation lecture 2022
The Science and Civilisation series has brought together a range of leading academics, writers, philosophers and other renowned public figures to discuss important questions relating to academic freedom.
Thursday 24 November 2022
Online
Free
Prize Lecture
How to outsmart a cereal killer
Join us for the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Lecture 2022 given by Professor Diane Saunders.
Tuesday 22 November 2022
The Royal Society
Free
Prize Lecture
Technologies to think with
The Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture 2022 given by Professor Yvonne Rogers FRS.
Wednesday 16 November 2022
The Royal Society
Free
Prize Lecture
Data-driven materials discovery
Join us for the Clifford Paterson Lecture 2020 given by Professor Jacqui Cole.
Tuesday 01 November 2022
The Royal Society
Free
Scientific Meeting
A bicentenary tribute to Louis Pasteur, Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Friday 28 October 2022
The Royal Society
Free
Places Of Science
Our health heroes at Headstone Manor and Museum
Find out more about a lost cottage hospital through first-hand stories and collections.
25 October - 29 January 2023
London
Free
History Of Science
African scientists in colonial and postcolonial contexts, 1800-2000
The story of African scientists in the 19th and 20th centuries, and how European science was shaped by colonial and postcolonial contexts.
Friday 21 October 2022
The Royal Society
£40/£20 students
Prize Lecture
Funny, peculiar? The Science of Laughter
Join us for the Michael Faraday Prize Lecture 2021 given by Professor Sophie Scott.
Tuesday 11 October 2022
The Royal Society
Free
Party Conference
The Royal Society at the Conservative Party Conference 2022
The Royal Society, along with our national academy partners, the Academy of Medical Science, British Academy and Royal Academy of Engineering, will be hosting a stand in the exhibition hall at the Conservative Party…
02 - 05 October 2022
Free
Party Conference
The Royal Society at the Labour Party Conference 2022
The Royal Society, along with our national academy partners, the Academy of Medical Science, British Academy and Royal Academy of Engineering, will be hosting a stand in the Exhibition Hall at Labour Party…
25 - 28 September 2022
Free
Open House
POSTPONED - Open House 2022
With the news of the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, the Royal Society has taken the decision to postpone Open House 2022. Please do not arrive for the event as the building will not be open.
17 - 18 September 2022
The Royal Society
Free Event
Prize Lecture
The politics of DNA
Join us for the Royal Society David Attenborough Award Lecture 2021 given by Dr Adam Rutherford.
Monday 05 September 2022
The Royal Society
Free
History Of Science
Wolfson Foundation History Prize 50th Anniversary
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wolfson History Prize, join the Royal Society and the Wolfson Foundation for a discussion on history and science, in partnership with BBC History Magazine.
Thursday 14 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Touch sensing in animals, humans and robots
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Sunday 10 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Street Science Busking
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Sunday 10 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Kids' Zone
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Sunday 10 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
A hard nut to crack: How diet shapes the squirrel skull
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Sunday 10 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Dr Zoo's Travelling Science Lab
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Sunday 10 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Stitch'n'stem
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Saturday 09 July 2022
The Royal Society
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Summer Science Exhibition Live
This online event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Saturday 09 July 2022
Online
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Street Science Busking
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Saturday 09 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Cyanotype making workshop
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Saturday 09 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Meet the plant scientists
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Saturday 09 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Guided Walk: Discover the hidden wildlife of St James’s Park
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Saturday 09 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Friends and foes in our ponds
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Saturday 09 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Kids' Zone
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Saturday 09 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Dr Zoo's Travelling Science Lab
This event is part of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2022.
Saturday 09 July 2022
London
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Summer Science Exhibition 2022
The Summer Science Exhibition returns to central London!
06 - 10 July 2022
London
Free
Panel Discussion
Lessons from modelling the pandemic
Join the Royal Society as we reflect on the scientific and policy implications of modelling the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Monday 13 June 2022
The Royal Society
Free
Prize Lecture
“A sex so little made to brave the thorns of science”: The historical representation of women in mathematics
From medieval times to the modern day, female mathematicians, real and fictional, have been represented in a variety of ways, both in pictures and in words. These depictions allow us to learn about the women…
Monday 06 June 2022
The Royal Society
Free
Festival Event
Imagine...Science: Thinking better - the art of the shortcut
Professor Marcus du Sautoy FRS talks to Dr Hannah Critchlow
Sunday 05 June 2022
£10
Festival Event
Imagine...Science: Control - the dark history and troubling present of eugenics
Dr Adam Rutherford talks to Professor Veronica van Heyningen FRS
Thursday 02 June 2022
£12
Festival Event
Imagine...Science: I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe.
Miriam Quick talks to Sharna Jackson
Tuesday 31 May 2022
£6
Festival Event
Imagine...Science: Are astronauts extinct?
Lord Martin Rees FRS talks to Professor Catherine Heymans
Sunday 29 May 2022
£10
Prize Lecture
GREENBAT meets GREENCAT: towards delivering truly sustainable energy storage and conversion technologies
Kavli Medal and Lecture 2022 given by Professor Magda Titirici.
Thursday 05 May 2022
Free
Prize Lecture
Visualising the molecules of life
The Leeuwenhoek Medal and Lecture 2022 given by Dr Sjors Scheres FRS.
Tuesday 26 April 2022
The Royal Society
Free
Conference
Aldabra Research Station 50th Anniversary Celebration Symposium at the Royal Society
A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Aldabra research station, organised by the Royal Society and Seychelles Island Foundation.
Thursday 21 April 2022
The Royal Society
Free Event
Prize Lecture
Nutrient sensing by the brain in health and disease
The Croonian Medal and Lecture 2022 given by Sir Stephen O'Rahilly FMedSci FRS and Professor Sadaf Farooqi FMedSci FRS.
Thursday 14 April 2022
The Royal Society
Free
Conference
Climate change: science, responses and research needs
Watch the Royal Society conference on the implications of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report for the UK and urgent policy and research needs. Day 1: www.youtube.com/2l9QPWWk_zQ Day 2: www.youtube.com/JVxWlVp5TzY
11 - 12 April 2022
The Royal Society
Free
Online
Can we bring animals back from extinction?
This panel brought together scientists from across the world to discuss the topic of de-extinction and how far the field of genetics has grown.
Wednesday 16 March 2022
Online
Free
Online
Young People's Book Prize 2021 Awards Ceremony
Who invented vaccines? How do you read Morse code? Can we stop climate change? How big are a spider’s eyes? And an anteater’s tongue?
Tuesday 08 March 2022
Free
Online
Looking Ahead to the Third Human Genome Editing Summit
In partnership with the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, the US National Academies of Sciences and Medicine and The World Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society hosted a three-part series of online events looking…
07 - 09 March 2022
Online
Free
Prize Lecture
Quantum processors: making machines at the atomic-limit
The Bakerian Medal and Lecture 2022 given by Professor Michelle Simmons FRS.
Tuesday 01 March 2022
Free
Prize Lecture
Space weather and implications for life on other worlds
Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture 2021 given by Dr Suzanne Imber.
Wednesday 09 February 2022
Free
Exhibition
Stormy weather - from lore to science
This exhibition is a partnership between the Royal Society collections and the National Meteorological Library and Archive.
31 January - 30 April 2022
The Royal Society
Free
Online
You and the planet: Tomorrow's Earth
Submit your questions for the panel or go to slido.com and enter code #T271. What is your vision for Tomorrow’s Earth? Whether you imagine flying cars, robot companions or materials that think for themselves, we can…
Thursday 27 January 2022
Free
Online
The Online Information Environment: Professor Melissa Terras in conversation with Dr Vint Cerf ForMemRS
Wednesday 19 January 2022
Free
Prize Lecture
Nanoengineered seaweed for scarless skin regeneration
The Royal Society Rising Star Africa Prize 2021 given by Dr Nowsheen Goonoo.
Thursday 06 January 2022
Free
Prize Lecture
Fighting diseases with cross-species vaccination
Thursday 02 December 2021
Free
Online
Stories from Science City
Join curators and other experts as they share stories of the people, places, objects and ideas that reveal how science shaped London, and London shaped science.
Wednesday 01 December 2021
Free Event
Online
Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize award ceremony
Monday 29 November 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Hubble's legacy: A journey into the Universe
Wednesday 24 November 2021
Free
Online
Celebrating the quatercentenary of the birth of Thomas Willis
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Thursday 18 November 2021
Free Event
Prize Lecture
Probabilistic Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Free
Cop26
Climate change and health at COP26
Climate action to protect and promote health: sharing knowledge among regions to focus on solutions
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Free Event
Cop26
Ask big questions about climate change at COP26
Drop into the Royal Society’s exhibit at Glasgow Science Centre and join live virtual Q&As with some of the leading scientists on the frontline in the battle against climate change and biodiversity loss.
Saturday 06 November 2021
Free
Cop26
Meet the climate scientists of tomorrow at COP26
Drop into the Royal Society’s exhibit at Glasgow Science Centre and join live Q&As with some of the inspirational young people that are taking action to save our planet through science.
Friday 05 November 2021
Free
Panel Discussion
Living with COVID-19: When a pandemic becomes endemic
When does a pandemic become endemic?
Wednesday 03 November 2021
Free
Online
Academic freedom: right or privilege? - Science and Civilisation lecture 2021
Monday 25 October 2021
Free
Prize Lecture
Poxvirus research after smallpox eradication: new findings with an old vaccine
Thursday 07 October 2021
Free Event
Party Conference
Conservative Party Conference: Becoming a “science superpower”: will the UK be fit to tackle the next global crisis?
Tuesday 05 October 2021
Free Event
Party Conference
Conservative Party Conference: Preparing for future challenges: how can Government best use science?
Tuesday 05 October 2021
Free Event
Party Conference
Labour Party Conference: Becoming a “science superpower”: will the UK be fit to tackle the next global crisis?
Monday 27 September 2021
Free
Party Conference
Labour Party Conference: Preparing for future challenges: how can Government best use science?
Monday 27 September 2021
Free Event
Online
A.C. Grayling: Learning from the Age of Genius
The Age of Genius explores the intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell the story of the 17th century in Europe. Its author, Professor A.C. Grayling, joins us to discuss that story.
Wednesday 22 September 2021
Free Event
Party Conference
Liberal Democrat Party Conference: Becoming a “science superpower”: will the UK be fit to tackle the next global crisis?
Friday 17 September 2021
Free
Online
Has there ever been life on Mars?
This event was part of the Royal Society's post Summer Science series of events. To explore more of the Summer Science on demand programme explore the interactive hub, catch up on the Royal Society's YouTube…
Wednesday 15 September 2021
Free
Open House
Open House
The Royal Society opens its doors online with an exciting range of digital content over Open House Festival 2021.
04 - 12 September 2021
Free Event
Online
London: Science City 2021
Science City 1550 - 1800: The Linbury Gallery tells the story of how London grew to become a global hub for scientific and technological innovation, but where does it stand in 2021?
Wednesday 25 August 2021
Free Event
Summer Science Exhibition
Engineering ExoMars
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Sunday 11 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Going wild: Why do captive animals need their wild behaviours?
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Sunday 11 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Weirdology
This event is part of the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Sunday 11 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
BO and beyond
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Sunday 11 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Extinction: Evolution's Partner in Crime?
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Saturday 10 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Would you trust a robot surgeon?
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Saturday 10 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Monte-Carlo simulation and The Pirates of the Caribbean
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Saturday 10 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Maddie and Greg take over Summer Science
This event is part of the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Saturday 10 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Mining for a sustainable future
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Saturday 10 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
In and under the skin
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Friday 09 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Detecting landmines for a safer world
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society's 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Friday 09 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Inspiring intergenerational connections post COVID-19
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Friday 09 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
What happens when there's too much water?
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Friday 09 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Stories from the frontier of Earth observation
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Friday 09 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Mapping tumours
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Thursday 08 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Ancestors with Professor Alice Roberts
Join author, academic and broadcaster Professor Alice Roberts as she journeys through time to uncover the lost stories of our prehistoric ancestors - written in stone, pottery, metal and bone.
Thursday 08 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Eagle inspired engineering
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Thursday 08 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
The life and death of galaxies
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Thursday 08 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
What a waste
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Thursday 08 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
The rapidly changing world of neural interfaces
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Thursday 08 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Beauty quarks behaving badly
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Thursday 08 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Air pollution: can you catch a gas?
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Thursday 08 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
How has Hubble transformed our view of the distant Universe?
This event is part of a series of lightning lectures for the Royal Society’s 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Thursday 08 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
History of Science’s Summer Science Showcase
Taking mother nature as our inspiration for Summer Science this year, join us straight from the Royal Society’s archives as we journey through the microscopic discoveries of both sea and land to the giants of the…
08 July - 31 August 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
How to print your ‘wonder pill’?
This event is part of our Summer Science 2021 launch on Wednesday 7 July. A special evening featuring the return of our family friendly Big Summer Science quiz and lightning lecture sessions with some of our…
Wednesday 07 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Big Summer Science quiz
This event is part of the Royal Society's 2021 Summer Science digital showcase.
Wednesday 07 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
What is a bee’s favourite flower, and why should we care?
This event is part of our Summer Science 2021 launch on Wednesday 7 July. A special evening featuring the return of our family friendly Big Summer Science quiz and lightning lecture sessions with some of our…
Wednesday 07 July 2021
Free
Summer Science Exhibition
Summer Science launch evening
Our Summer Science 2021 will be launching this July with a special evening on Wednesday 7 July featuring the return of our family friendly Big Summer Science quiz and lightning lecture sessions with some of our…
Wednesday 07 July 2021
free
Online
The role of African scientists in feeding the continent
Royal Society Africa Prize Lecture 2020 with Dr Steven Runo
Monday 05 July 2021
Free Event
Transforming Our Future
Sustainable packaging: protecting products and the planet
This Royal Society symposium brought together key stakeholders from across the packaging industry to highlight the cutting-edge technologies that are making packaging more sustainable.
Friday 02 July 2021
Free
Online
Everything in motion: How our brains learn to control our bodies
Ferrier Lecture 2021 given by Professor Daniel Wolpert FMedSci FRS
Thursday 17 June 2021
Free Event
Online
The Art of Data
Fact-based data are powerful tools to combat fake news and misinformation. But how many of us really understand the significance of voter polls, probability or the COVID dashboard?
Sunday 13 June 2021
Free
Online
Gaia Vince, Jim Al-Khalili and Camilla Pang in conversation at Hay Festival
Understanding ourselves and the world around us are arguably the biggest tasks of being human. Science writers can demystify who we are, where we have come from, and where we might be heading.
Saturday 05 June 2021
Free
Prize Lecture
Brain mechanisms of addictive behaviour
The Croonian Lecture 2021 delivered by Professor Barry Everitt FMedSci FRS.
Thursday 27 May 2021
Free Event
Online
What is (Quantum) Life?
In this ‘in-conversation’ style event, Professor Jim Al-Khalili speaks to geneticist, author, and BBC presenter Dr Adam Rutherford, about his work into the origins of quantum biology as a 21st century science and…
Thursday 20 May 2021
Free Event
Online
Vaccines: a double dose
Join Professor Brian Cox and our panel of experts as they revisit the landscape of vaccines and what matters now as the world continues to face COVID-19.
Thursday 06 May 2021
Free Event
Online
You and the planet: oceans
There are plenty of fish in the sea, or so the saying goes. But for how much longer? With increasing overfishing, growing amounts of pollution and global temperatures rising, our ocean and its ecosystems are under…
Thursday 29 April 2021
Free Event
Online
Fast Radio Bursts
Bakerian Lecture 2021 delivered by Professor Victoria Kaspi CC FRS
Tuesday 27 April 2021
Free Event
No series available.
Computers and Computer People, 1950s-1990s
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Tuesday 16 March 2021
Free Event
Online
Celebrating science with the Young People's Book Prize
Why is the world round? Who discovered antibiotics by accident? What makes my tummy gurgle? Where does my favourite chocolate come from?
Friday 12 March 2021
Free Event
Online
Building the future: animate materials
What could a future with animate materials look like? Imagine a future where roads can self-heal, tiny robotic molecules can assemble themselves into household objects, and living buildings can harvest carbon…
Wednesday 10 March 2021
Free
Online
Day 4 highlights - 2021 Commonwealth Science Conference: Science for a resilient future
Friday 26 February 2021
Free Event
Online
Day 3 highlights - 2021 Commonwealth Science Conference: Science for a resilient future
Thursday 25 February 2021
Free Event
Online
Day 2 highlights - 2021 Commonwealth Science Conference: Science for a resilient future
Wednesday 24 February 2021
Free Event
Online
Day 1 highlights - 2021 Commonwealth Science Conference: Science for a resilient future
Tuesday 23 February 2021
Free Event
Online
Explaining Humans with Dr Camilla Pang
What science can teach us about life, love and relationships. How do we understand the people around us? How do we recognise people's motivations, their behaviour, or even their facial expressions? And, when do we…
Monday 22 February 2021
Free