At this festive time of year, BBC Archive brings you the ghost of Christmas Lectures past. Go science! This year's lectures end today. | BBC Archive

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

The 2023 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, supported by CGI in the UK and presented by Mike Wooldridge start tonight 🙌 What is Artificial Intelligence and how does it work? How do we build machines that can achieve what a human brain can achieve? Find out the answers to these questions from 8pm. 📺Watch on BBC Four & iPlayer. | Royal Institution of Great Britain

10K views · 272 reactions | Artificial Intelligence is the most rapidly evolving area of science today Join Mike Wooldridge for the CHRISTMAS LECTURES, supported by CGI in the UK, revealing the truth about AI - from its impact on daily life to showing how AI technology really works  8pm on BBC Four on 26, 27, 28 December & BBC iPlayer | Royal Institution of Great Britain | Facebook

From the French Alps to the Royal Institution labs, John Tyndall's appreciation for nature helped develop the foundations of climate science. Learn about his extremely sensitive radiant heat experiments, through which he tested atmospheric gases' ability to absorb and re-emit infrared radiation http://www.rigb.org/our-history/history-of-research/john-tyndall-timeline?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social | Royal Institution of Great Britain

174K views · 3.6K reactions | It's our birthday!  The Royal Institution was founded on this day in 1799 for "the teaching by courses of Philosophical Lectures and Experiments, the application of Science to the Common Purposes of Life". In this video from 1985, George Porter tells a brief history of the Ri. | Royal Institution of Great Britain | Facebook

Discover the evolution of explosive chemical experiments, with the maestro of Chemistry Andrew Szydlo | Royal Institution of Great Britain