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

Christmas Lecturer and Nobel Laureate George Porter was #BOTD in 1920 🎂 In this clip from his 1976 #XmasLectures, he demonstrates the role of catalysts in chemical reactions. Even back then, we loved setting things on fire! Watch the lectures here: rigb.org/explore-science/explore/video/natural-history-sunbeam-first-light-1976 | Royal Institution of Great Britain

Take a delicious sneak peek behind the scenes of the latest Christmas Lectures, as we gear up for a stellar bicentenary coming December 2025! 🌟 Watch the full video now: youtube.com/watch?v=dMMsW0lNNlM&t=6s | Royal Institution of Great Britain

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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

What happens when you come face to face with a super recogniser, someone who has an excellent ability to remember faces? Learn more about how people can be identified - watch the Christmas Lectures with forensic anthropologist Sue Black: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00pmbqq/royal-institution-christmas-lectures | Royal Institution of Great Britain