The secret's out! 🚀 The 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, will be presented by Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, and will be about outer space and all the scientific wonders beyond planet Earth. We can't wait until December! Find out more: rigb.org/christmas-lectures | Royal Institution of Great Britain

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

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Why do Jubilee line trains on the London Underground make that distinctive sound? 🚇 We couldn't resist looking into the science of our local Tube line. | Royal Institution of Great Britain

A lesson from WWII planes reveals how to spot what really matters. Applied to genetics, it shows which parts of our genome were critical to evolution. 🧬 Watch the 2018 Christmas Lectures with Aoife McLysaght and Alice Roberts: rigb.org/explore-science/explore/video/who-am-i-where-do-i-come-2018 | Royal Institution of Great Britain

Sound needs a medium to travel — in this case, air. 🔊 Physicist Charles Taylor beautifully demonstrated this during his 1989 Christmas Lectures on the science of music. Watch the full series here: rigb.org/explore-science/explore/video/exploring-music-what-music-1989 This year, we're celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Christmas Lectures. Stay tuned as we dive into our archives to share the best bits! #Discover200 | Royal Institution of Great Britain