Don't miss the final of the 2024 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI! Tonight, Chris van Tulleken will analyse how our diets have changed through history, and how global food systems affect our health and our planet. Tune in to BBC Four and iPlayer at 9pm! | Royal Institution of Great Britain

🕯️ Christmas Lectures iconic object no. 4 – from various lectures in the 1800s, with Michael Faraday This is Michael Faraday's candle holder, used when delivering the popular lecture series "A Chemical History of a Candle" in the mid-1800s, which helped audiences step into the world of science through a familiar household object. The lectures were later published as a book, in which Faraday wrote: "There is not a law under which any part of this universe is governed which does not come into pla

Isn’t it amazing that 'shooting stars' are caused by space dust, often the size of a grain of sand? 🌠 We asked Sara Russell, cosmic mineralogy expert from the Natural History Museum, London, about different kinds of cool space rocks. Join us tomorrow, 29 December, for Maggie’s second Lecture. Catch up on iPlayer here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002p21h/royal-institution-christmas-lectures-2025-maggie-aderinpocock-is-there-life-beyond-earth-1-destination-moon | Royal Institution of Great Britain

This was the best TV entrance of 2021. Don't bother looking for a worthy contender, we checked. The #XmasLectures with Jonathan Van-Tam are on our website and available around the world! 🦠 Watch here: rigb.org/christmas-lectures | Royal Institution of Great Britain

The Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, are starting TONIGHT! We couldn't wait either, so here is a little sneak peek of what's to come... 🎁 Tune in at 7.00pm on BBC Four and iPlayer to follow Maggie Aderin-Pocock on a fantastic voyage through space, searching for evidence of alien life. | Royal Institution of Great Britain

When you've got a building full of space experts and science communicators, it's impossible not to discuss what's the best space-themed film 🍿 Did we miss any good ones? Watch the 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, on demand: rigb.org/explore-science/explore/blog/how-watch-2025-christmas-lectures-supported-cgi | Royal Institution of Great Britain