Informatics expert Jane Hillston explores how we model the world around us, and how new algorithms can help us face our resource-hungry modern society. How long is the security queue at the airport ...

Join canopy science expert Robin Hayward for an incredible look at the vibrant world at the top of the rainforest, and discover how scientists study this unique ecosystem. How do scientists climb some ...

Join futurist Richard Watson for a look into how we can predict what's to come, and why, despite all our technology, the future is still full of surprises. Throughout history people have been curious ...

Join Festival of the Spoken Nerd and friends for an evening of science, songs, stand-up maths and more! An Evening of Unnecessary Detail is, in short, an event where 80% of the words in the title ...

Asteroids colliding with the planet aren’t just something that the dinosaurs had to deal with. Astronomers think that there are approximately 25,000 “city killer” asteroids in near-Earth orbit – and ...

Ancient DNA offers a remarkable window into our past, allowing us to uncover crucial details about human history that would otherwise remain hidden. Learn how scientists use exciting techniques to ...

We are made of stardust. The atoms in our bodies were produced by stellar explosions that occurred billions of years ago. But the stars haven't just given us life; observing the sky has guided Homo ...

Mars: humanity’s next moonshot? Or massive, expensive, ethically complicated suck pile? Let’s find out! Everyone seems to think building a colony on Mars is our generation’s moonshot. But very few ...

For generations, scientists have pondered the age old question, could humans live forever? To begin answering this question, we have to understand the age-limiting processes inside our bodies. Join ...

Join the Ri Demo Team as we kick off 2025 looking back at our favourite demonstrations from the past year. Giving you a sneak peek at the design and development process, as well as food-tastic demos ...

Aarti Jagannath explores how the body maintains its circadian clock, and what happens when that clock goes wrong. We live in a highly rhythmic environment where the day is a completely different ...

Johan Mentink explores a brand new paradigm in computing, and looks at how it might offer faster solutions that can support scientific breakthroughs. Our brains consume around 20 Watts of power, a ...