Catch up on Tuesday 14 July
The programme first shown on Tuesday 14 July can be found below. Video content is available to watch on our YouTube channel, with additional activities and online showcases released on social media. The Exhibition content is generally suitable for an audience aged 12+. Video content may contain flashing imagery. All content is free to view and explore, and there is no need to register.
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What are they up to now?
10.15am – 10.45am
Ever wonder what our researchers do once the Summer Science Exhibition is finished? We catch up with some of our previous exhibitors to find out what’s new with their research since their time at the Exhibition. In this session, we hear from Breathing with your brain and Trusted autonomous vehicles.
Watch on our YouTube catch-up playlist.
Summer Science highlights
11am – 11.15am
Take a trip down memory lane as we look back at some of our highlights over the past few years. Sit back and enjoy a selection of bite-sized videos by our expert exhibitors covering topics from astronomy to zoology, and everything in between.
Watch on our YouTube catch-up playlist.
What are they up to now?
11.30am – 12 noon
Ever wonder what our researchers do once the Summer Science Exhibition is finished? We catch up with some of our previous exhibitors to find out what’s new with their research since their time at the Exhibition. In this session, we hear from A future without fakes, Guardians of the gut and Robots in the danger zone. Image © ORCA Hub.
Watch on our YouTube catch-up playlist.
The secret mind of pets
12.30pm – 12.45pm
Answer the much-pondered question “what is my pet thinking?” with Professor Anna Wilkinson.
Watch on our YouTube catch-up playlist.
Doodle of the day
Live from 1pm
Get your creative juices flowing in this daily art challenge. We’ll be posting an image from the Royal Society’s archive collection and we invite you to recreate it - in any format that takes your fancy.
Follow us on Twitter to find today’s daily challenge. Share your pictures and photos with us using #summerscience.
Stormy weather: Early science of the weather
Live from 2.30pm
(Part 2 of 6) Explore how early Fellows of the Royal Society were key to the development of weather science. In this online story, we discover how their theories and inventions laid the foundations of the field in the 17th and 18th century. A showcase in partnership with the Met Office.
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Adventures in Antarctica
3pm – 3.15pm
Join Professor Eric Wolff on his field trip to the snowy wonderland that is Antarctica. In this short film we follow Professor Wolff and his team as they drill 650 metres into the West Antarctic ice sheet, unlocking the secret of earth's past climate, and allowing us a glimpse at the future.
Watch on our YouTube catch-up playlist.
Summer Science highlights
4.30pm – 4.45pm
Take a trip down memory lane as we look back at some of our highlights over the past few years. Sit back and enjoy a selection of bite-sized videos by our expert exhibitors covering topics from astronomy to zoology, and everything in between.
Watch on our YouTube catch-up playlist.
From the archives
6pm – 6.30pm
Join our Summer Science take on a movie screening with these historic expedition film reels that show scientific exploration in the early days. Today’s short film takes us to Halley Bay in 1957, as the Royal Society established a new research station in Antarctica.
Watch on our YouTube catch-up playlist.
What's on Wednesday 15 July
Join Professor Brian Cox as he interviews a series of special guests in People of science, while Royal Society Librarian Keith Moore reveals the history of the Summer Science Exhibition.
Follow all this and more on Wednesday at Summer Science Online.