People have been trying to prevent the spread of infectious disease forever, yet we only got germ theory in the 19th century. Except for one 16th century Ita...

One planet, one minute ⏱️We can't wait for the 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by @cgi_uk, to take us into outer space 🚀 But first, let's begin with our ...

Explore what we know about seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and find out the best way to treat these behavioral changes.

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As winter approaches, shorter days spark a cascade of changes within the brains of animals. As a result, groundhogs retreat to…

This is a new type of parachute designed using the principles of kirigami – the art of transforming paper into 3D designs with cuts and folds. It starts as a...

What Dinosaurs, Pyramids, and the Atomic Bomb Have in Common - Inspired by Collisions video: Check out Collisions: A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs, by Alec Nevala-Lee at https://bookshop.org/lists/scishow-recommended-reading.…

Sometimes, being an expert in one scientific field doesn’t translate to another. But then there’s Luis Alvarez, a particle physicist who helped expand our kn...

Jim Al-Khalili explores emerging technologies powering the future of quantum, and looks at how we got here.

This Discourse was recorded at the Ri on 7 November 2025, in partnership with the Institute of Physics.

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Bird flu is spreading. The avian influenza virus H5N1, has been recorded around the world — in poultry, in wild birds and in mammals — including humans.

So, should we be worried about a potential new pandemic? And what can we do about it? This animation…

What's it like to float through the International Space Station?

Come along with us for a guided tour! Our astronauts in low Earth orbit recorded this tour on Oct. 10, 2022, while NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 and Crew-5 missions were aboard.

As you glide through…

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A surprising study in 2025 claimed that glass bottles deposit more microplastics in your drink than plastic bottles. Is this…

How do electrical impulses traveling among a tangle of neurons drive complex behaviors? Researchers seeking the answer have reconstructed the complete wiring...

Alexander the Great transformed the world during his reign — but was he an embattled leader, or a ruthless conqueror?

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Alexander the Great fundamentally transformed the world during his 13-year reign. He conquered Persia when it was one of the world’s…

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1:15 The graph has mislabeled trend lines. "Other renewables" generate more energy than hydropower alone.

For decades, rising carbon emissions have accelerated climate change, but this year marked a critical turning point that could finally reverse…

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Support for this episode was contributed by the Translational Research Institute for Space Health at Baylor College of Medicine. TRISH is an applied health research catalyst that funds high-impact scientific studies and technologies to keep astronauts healthy…

If the promise of a tasty meal makes you want to jump for joy, you may relate to the loggerhead turtle. These animals have an uncontrollable urge to dance wh...

Find out how the Ri and 2016 Christmas Lecturer Saiful Islam made the world's biggest lemon battery, using over 1,000 lemons, and getting into the Guiness Book of Records.

Watch the full 2016 lectures here: https://www.rigb.org/explore-science/explore…

In her first lecture, Dr Susan Greenfield introduces us to the human brain, how it works, and how electricity and chemicals shape what we do and feel.

Watch all the lectures in this series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnrZHfNEDZxB8thM5bFRFwY5BVIBtM_O…

In her second lecture, Dr Susan Greenfield studies the history of the brain - and the modern techniques we can use to study how it really works.

Watch all the lectures in this series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnrZHfNEDZxB8thM5bFRFwY5BVIBtM_O…