What's on
2 – 7 July 2024 | 6 – 9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG
This year's exhibition promises excitement for all ages and all curiosities: the programme is more diverse than ever, with each day offering something unique.
Alongside our 14 main exhibits, which are available all week, visitors can enjoy a packed programme of talks and hands-on activities presented by Royal Society funded projects, researchers, and partners.
We open with an adults-only Lates event on sports science on 2 July, where you can learn about the impacts of a ball to the head or hear about Paralympic medallist Stef Reid’s relentless pursuit of excellence in sports. During the week (3 – 5 July), visit the Young Researcher Zone to meet the school students researching how yeast could help to find a cure for human diseases or how are snowdrops related.
Plus, experience Luke Jerram’s Mirror Moon artwork up close, where you can feel and touch every crater, valley, and mountain, or watch a rice-popping machine in action. On the weekend of 6 and 7 July, there will be plenty of activities and hands-on demonstrations for inquisitive young minds to experiment with.
See what's on day by day and plan your visit:
Tuesday 2 July 2024

Summer Science Exhibition Lates: Sports Science

Lates: Olympian animals

Lates: Faster, higher, stronger

Lates: Printed to perform - reshaping sports gear

Lates: The science of winning

Lates: Stef Reid and Steve Haake - a conversation on innovation and sport

Lates: If I get fitter, will my brain work better?

Lates: From studs to turf: the mechanics of football traction on artificial turf

Lates: Expanding the frontiers of human performance - science, sport and psychology

Lates: Are we Heading into trouble? How much impact does a football header have?

Lates: Scanning

Lates: Sports engineering

Lates: The science and engineering behind Wimbledon

Exhibit: Mirror Moon - artwork display by Luke Jerram

Exhibit: Figuring the Earth - perspectives from the Académie des Sciences and the Royal Society

Exhibit: Sir David Attenborough – portrait by Jonathan Yeo
Wednesday 3 July 2024

Talk: Fumes for flowers

Talk: Eco-innovations and data wonders

Talk: When magnets meet liquid nitrogen...

Talk: Tickles, bottom-breathers, and wee wisdom

Talk: Reaching for the stars - the inspiring story of Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Exhibit: Mirror Moon - artwork display by Luke Jerram

Exhibit: Figuring the Earth - perspectives from the Académie des Sciences and the Royal Society

Exhibit: Sir David Attenborough – portrait by Jonathan Yeo
Thursday 4 July 2024

Talk: Fighting food waste - decoding expiry dates

Talk: Big Manny – Science is lit

Talk: Born to speak - the human drive to learn language

Talk: Buzzworthy inquiry - can flies transform our food supply?

Talk: AI and creativity

Exhibit: Mirror Moon - artwork display by Luke Jerram

Exhibit: Figuring the Earth - perspectives from the Académie des Sciences and the Royal Society

Exhibit: Sir David Attenborough – portrait by Jonathan Yeo
Friday 5 July 2024

Talk: Insights into the autistic mind

Talk: Processed foods - the good, the bad and the tasty

Talk: The seaweed-powered packaging revolution

Talk: The Atomic Human - understanding ourselves in the age of AI

Talk: A scientist's journey into revolutionising human reproduction

Activity: Commoditree - modern life doesn’t grow on trees

Activity: From grain to goodness - innovative science of rice cakes

Exhibit: Mirror Moon - artwork display by Luke Jerram

Exhibit: Figuring the Earth - perspectives from the Académie des Sciences and the Royal Society

Exhibit: Sir David Attenborough – portrait by Jonathan Yeo
Saturday 6 July 2024

BSL guided tours of the exhibition

Talk: Insights into the autistic mind

Talk: Is this the powerhouse fuel of the future…?

Talk: Why we die

Talk: AI and creativity

Talk: A scientist's journey into revolutionising human reproduction

Talk: Learning about cosmological systems in the lab: philosophical questions

Talk: Born to speak - the human drive to learn language

Talk: Tremors vs. Tremors

Activity: Commoditree - modern life doesn’t grow on trees

Activity: It’s all a bit Heath Robinson!

Activity: Stemazing structures and magical mirrors

Activity: Meet Florence Nightingale

Activity: From grain to goodness - innovative science of rice cakes

Activity: Finds from the old stone age

Exhibit: Mirror Moon - artwork display by Luke Jerram

Exhibit: Figuring the Earth - perspectives from the Académie des Sciences and the Royal Society

Exhibit: Sir David Attenborough – portrait by Jonathan Yeo
Sunday 7 July 2024

Talk: Reefs, risks, resilience

Talk: Minerals for a green future

Talk: Breakthrough - how to think like a scientist and embrace the unknown

Talk: The Atomic Human - understanding ourselves in the age of AI

Talk: Luke Jerram - where art meets science

Talk: The evolution of blue and green shell colour

Talk: Carbon dioxide: plant friend or foe?

Talk: Age proof - the new science of living a longer and healthier life

Activity: Commoditree - modern life doesn’t grow on trees

Activity: It’s all a bit Heath Robinson!

Activity: The Science of Sound

Activity: From grain to goodness - innovative science of rice cakes

Exhibit: Mirror Moon - artwork display by Luke Jerram

Exhibit: Figuring the Earth - perspectives from the Académie des Sciences and the Royal Society
