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Join Dr Sheila Kanani MBE, planetary scientist, space educator and author Can You Get Music on the Moon? on a fascinating exploration of the world of sound and space science.

Uploaded 03-08-26

#music #space #astronomy #science #physics

In this talk you’ll learn about the sound technology we use every day, explore the natural world including animal noises, thunder and earthquakes, before jetting off into space to discover what sound might be like on other planets. And yes, you'll even find out whether it’s possible to get music on the moon.
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Atomic clocks are fundamental to modern life and society, enabling everything from global navigation satellite systems and telecommunications to power-grid synchronisation and cutting-edge scientific discovery.

Uploaded 05-10-26

#science #time #clock #physics

In this talk, Dr James McGilligan, Senior Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde and Lindemann Trust alum, explores how clocks have shaped society throughout history, revealing the physics that allows the atomic clock to tick with astonishing precision, and will cast an eye forward to where the next generation of timekeeping technology could take us.

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Maggie Aderin-Pocock meets Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Judy Armitage to discover the fascinating stories of Marjory Stephenson and Kathleen Lonsdale, the first two female scientists elected to the Royal Society on 22 March 1945.

Uploaded 22-03-25

The full films will be released on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 March. Find more about the Royal Society's work supporting and celebrating Women in STEM https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/women-in-stem/

#womeninstem #history #physics #biology #historyofscience

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During the Summer Science Exhibition, Testtube Television asked visitors their opinions on issues relating to the exhibits on show. Here's some of their thoughts...

Uploaded 23-09-09

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Uploaded 23-09-09

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Many animals use complex, rhythmic and melodic sounds in communication, territorial defence, or as mating calls, from birds to whales and frogs to insects. In this discussion, a panel of experts reveal the magic of sound and music in the natural world.

Uploaded 05-07-26

#music #science #animals #biology #sound

Speakers include:

Dr Ellen Garland – Reader and Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews, specializing in the cultural transmission, vocal learning, and function of humpback whale song

Dr Beth Mortimer – Royal Society University Research Fellow and...

The Royal Society plans to support innovation by investing in early-stage business opportunities founded on outstanding technology through its newly established Enterprise Fund.

Uploaded 18-07-08

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Royal Society Hauksbee Award winner Robert MacDonald discusses his work and receiving the award.

Uploaded 23-03-10

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When you think about the Arctic and Antarctic regions, you’ll likely think of one thing – ice! But scientific research extends beyond and below frozen water. In this discussion you'll hear from researchers studying the carbon released from thawing permafrost in Alaska and the hidden geology beneath the Antarctic ice sheet.
Speakers include:

Uploaded 07-08-26

• Dr Evelyn Keaveney – Arctic lake scientist and member of the UK Young Academy based at Queen’s University Belfast

• Dr Guy Paxman – Polar geophysicist and Royal Society University Research Fellow based at Durham University

• Dr Mark Richards...

Anatomy is a long-studied science that concerns the structure of organisms but in the 21st century, modern technologies have caused a revolution. From 3D imaging to artificial intelligence, hear from the scientists revealing new insights into ancient and modern species and how this research is being made accessible to a wider audience.

Uploaded 22-10-26

#physics #anatomy #body #animals #biology

Speakers include:

Dr Alice Leavey – Research Fellow in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Southampton. She works with museums and imaging facilities to create "digital twins" of natural history collections for re...

Huge amounts of data are moving around us at any given moment, allowing us to stream and download music, videos and games and to stay continuously connected to one another.
It can be easy to take for granted the technology at our fingertips and to forget that it requires an immense network of undersea and landline optical fibre communications systems with complex sources, amplifiers and receivers, and even satellites in orbit, to make it all possible.

Uploaded 11-08-26

#internet #ai #science #technology

Given that almost every aspect of modern life is...

Isaac Newton's beer flagon arrives at the Royal Society for Keith Moore and Carmichael Wallace to take a look at 🍺

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An article about Newton's beer mug has been published in Notes and Records, the Royal Society journal of the history of science. Read about the wooden flagon that Newton is on rec...

The concept of time is hard to grasp. From a single minute to a full century, hearts beat, trees bloom and grow - and a human lives a lifetime. In her book Patience, Rachel Williams takes 18 different periods of time - from a single minute; to an hour; to over a century - to show the process of life, looking at biology in all its forms, from plants, animals and human biology too.

Uploaded 17-08-26

#science #animals #nature #earth #physics #biology

In one minute, learn that your heart beats over 100 times. In...

Comets are the leftover building blocks of planets, which have remained mostly unaltered in the cold and remote environments of space, since their formation.

Uploaded 30-07-26

#space #comets #science #physics #astronomy

As such, they are incredible tools in understanding how planetary systems form and evolve. Even more enticing, interstellar comets have been formed around another star and then ejected towards our solar system, where we can study in detail materials from far away.

Join Dr Cyrielle Opitom, a Belgian astronomer based at the University of Edinburgh, to learn what we...

The judges of the Aventis Prizes for Science Books 2006 General prize introduce themselves.

Uploaded 27-05-09

The judges are
Nick Ross, journalist and broadcaster (chair)
Johnny Ball, broadcaster and author
Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics and winner of the 1997 Michael Faraday Prize
Anjula Mutanda, Consultant psychologist for This Morning and Big Brother
Fiammetta Rocco, Literary Editor at the Economist

For more information, visit http://royalsociety.org/sciencebooks

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Royal Society Hauksbee Award winner Chris Newsome discusses his work and receiving the award.

Uploaded 23-03-10

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Hear from the people behind the BBC's global climate change experiment, climateprediction.net. This footage is taken from a recent Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

Uploaded 07-09-06

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We all know what pain is. But why does it exist? And what's it like to live with chronic pain?

Uploaded 19-02-25

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About the Royal Society
The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
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During the Summer Science Exhibition, Testtube Television asked visitors their opinions on issues relating to the exhibits on show. Here's some of their thoughts...

Uploaded 23-09-09

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Royal Society Hauksbee Award winner Sharon Hannah discusses her work and receiving the award.

Uploaded 23-03-10

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During the Summer Science Exhibition, Testtube Television asked visitors their opinions on issues relating to the exhibits on show. Here's some of their thoughts...

Uploaded 23-09-09

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During the Summer Science Exhibition, Testtube Television asked visitors their opinions on issues relating to the exhibits on show. Here's some of their thoughts...

Uploaded 23-09-09

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During the Summer Science Exhibition, Testtube Television asked visitors their opinions on issues relating to the exhibits on show. Here's some of their thoughts...

Uploaded 23-09-09

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History and science collide as we uncover the latest technologies and scientific methods that tell us where we came from, where we’re going and what to make of the world around us.

Uploaded 03-07-26

#history #historyfacts #science #ai

Join our panel of specialists using artificial intelligence, digital reconstructions and scientific investigation to reveal new truths about human history and the ancient past.

Speakers include:

Dr Frankie Dunn – Senior researcher at the Oxford Museum of Natural History, whose research is concerned with understanding the origin and early evolution of a...

Black holes, once considered purely theoretical, are now observed through groundbreaking imaging techniques.

Uploaded 28-07-26

#science #space #astronomy #physics

Astronomers use global networks of telescopes, such as the Event Horizon Telescope, to capture images of black holes millions of light-years away. Whilst these images don’t show the actual black hole itself, they reveal the glowing, distorted light from matter and spacetime around it.
Dr Rahul Kumar Walia, a Royal Society Newton International Fellow at University College London, will explore how gravity bends light in extreme ways and how these observations al...

Sometimes the future of space exploration can start to sound a little, well, sci-fi. But here's five possibilities that might actually become reality in the next 50 years. Join @DrBecky for an out-of-this-world adventure.

Uploaded 25-11-24

About the Royal Society
The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
https://royalsociety.org/

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for exciting science videos and live events. https://www.youtube.com/royalsociety

Find us on:
Bluesky: https...

During the Summer Science Exhibition, Testtube Television asked visitors their opinions on issues relating to the exhibits on show. Here's some of their thoughts...

Uploaded 23-09-09

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Royal Society Hauksbee Award winner Ian Miller discusses his work and receiving the award.

Uploaded 23-03-10

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During the Summer Science Exhibition, Testtube Television asked visitors their opinions on issues relating to the exhibits on show. Here's some of their thoughts...

Uploaded 23-09-09

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The anxieties and fears around AI are all too prevalent in daily life – we constantly ask ourselves when AI will come for our job, fret about the impact of AI on democracy and question our own eyes in the face of constant AI-generated content. But can you envision the future where AI works for good?

Uploaded 25-07-26

#science #maths #ai #health #culture #history

This special event features a screening of a new Financial Times animated short film written by FT AI Editor Madhumita Murgia – demonstrating the positive applications of AI for the envi...

For most of human history, understanding the night sky was not the preserve of scientists, but a precious tool for our survival. Made in partnership with ‪@bbcideas‬

Uploaded 12-11-24

#history #astronomy #space '#archaeology #astrology

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The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

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We are living in an era of resurgent infectious disease crises, from COVID-19 and Ebola to dengue fever and Zika. Most of these so-called emerging infections share a key feature in common: they originate in wildlife or are transmitted by invertebrates such as mosquitoes and ticks.

Uploaded 01-08-26

#health #climatechange #animals #biology #science

How can studying these ecological dimensions of disease help us to better predict and respond to epidemics? And how is climate change reshaping the global landscape of infectious disease?
Dr Rory Gibb, an ecologist, epidemiologist and Royal Society...

During the Summer Science Exhibition, Testtube Television asked visitors their opinions on issues relating to the exhibits on show. Here's some of their thoughts...

Uploaded 23-09-09

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Lightning is one of nature's most destructive and unpredictable forces, with over 3 million lightning strikes hitting the Earth every day.
But have you ever wondered if lightning occurs on other planets? What happens when an aeroplane gets struck by lightning? What percentage of wildfires are caused by lightning? How is the UK's electrical grid protected from lightning strikes?

Uploaded 15-08-26

#physics #earth #nature #science #electrical

In this talk, Dr Daniel Mitchard from the Lightning Laboratory at Cardiff University – Europe’s only university-based lightning research laboratory – explores these questions and explains why lightn...

John Ruskin – considered by many to be one of the most influential thinkers of the Victorian period – was best known as an art critic in the 19th century, but he was also a keen meteorologist and in 1884 gave a lecture about how clouds had changed over his lifetime. Ridiculed at the time, his account of changes in clouds has often been attributed to a mental decline.

Uploaded 09-08-26

#art #phyiscs #clouds #earth #science

Join Dr Edward Gryspeerdt, modern-day cloud scientist and Royal Society University Research Fellow at Imperial College London as he disc...

In the past 50 years, deaths from cancer have fallen by more than a fifth, thanks to progress made in prevention, detection and treatment. But can further advances in medical science reduce this number even further?

Uploaded 05-08-26

#science #health #cancer #physics

In this panel discussion chaired by presenter, broadcaster and the BBC’s first Global Health Correspondent Tulip Mazumdar, the research teams behind two of this year’s flagship exhibits at the Summer Science Exhibition, come together to discuss their cutting-edge work and how they hope their research will change the lives of c...

The Royal Society has produced a new set of videos and resources, presented by Professor Brian Cox and Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, based around new and emerging STEM technologies. In this video, Maggie joins a teacher demonstrating a robotics-based classroom activity, including set-up, demonstration and the experiment being taught with a secondary age science class. This video links to two others in the series, where we visit a robotics-based industry location and a research laboratory. You can find the full video series in our YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg7f-TkW11iWfwGLyWTZGlUiFfFYShyeu and free accompanying resources on...

A non-invasive and low cost prosthetic device that could help tens of thousands of people with visual impairment regain independence is being developed by a team of scientists. The group will be exhibiting their research on visual prosthetics at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition which opens today (5 July).
http://royalsociety.org/summer-science/2011/

Uploaded 05-07-11

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The Royal Society has produced a new set of videos and resources, presented by Professor Brian Cox and Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, based around new and emerging STEM technologies. In this video, we visit Andrew Scott from renewable energy company Orbital Marine Power to find out about their work on tidal turbine technology. This video links to two others in the series, where we demonstrate a green energy-themed classroom activity and visit a research laboratory. You can find the full video series in our YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg7f-TkW11iWfwGLyWTZGlUiFfFYShyeu and free accompanying resources on...