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Teachers share extreme reading secrets at seminar with Charles

08.07.11
Teachers are posting pictures of themselves reading books in unlikely settings in an effort to spark pupils' interest in literature... more

Friends in hi-tech places: How robotic are humans?

31.01.11
Six universities will take part in a series of lectures on how emotionally attached humans will become to robots and their i-phones ... more

Comics take on Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People

16.12.10
Grumpy intellectual Robin Ince, who hosted, hit the correct note when he described the annual all-star fixture Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People... more

Susan Greenfield: I laugh in the face of bullies

09.08.10
In Susan Greenfield’s first interview since her acrimonious exit from the Royal Institution, the Baroness says, like William Wilberforce before her, she will not accept the status quo... more

Sacked science chief drops sex bias case

28.04.10
Baroness Greenfield drops her claim of sexual discrimination against the Royal Institution... more

Schoolboy, 17, gives Royal Institution a lecture on how to act like adults

13.04.10
Schoolboy from Pinner has helped end a bitter row between Britain’s most distinguished scientists at the Royal Institution... more

Royal Institution coup to reinstate Lady Greenfield as director

17.03.10
Baroness Greenfield could return to the Royal Institution next month in one of the most astonishing coups the organisation has ever seen... more

The male rage that is a bad rap for science

12.01.10
The role of director of the Royal Institution has a sacred heritage, if scientists will allow a faith rather than evidence-based word... more

Schools 'should inspire young scientists with hands-on lab fun' experiments

29.09.09
Leading London scientist criticises the way the subject is taught in schools... more

St Paul's works a culinary miracle

16.07.09
Historic buildings need not serve historically bad food, as The Restaurant at St Paul's proves.... more

Ten Alps has Digital Britain news chances in its sights

15.06.09
Ten Alps, the online broadcaster and publisher that counts Bob Geldof among its biggest shareholders, hopes this week's Digital Britain report will open up opportunities... more

Breathe deeply - then reach for the drugs

01.06.09
HAH! Take that, hippies!" Such will have been the reaction of many to the news of a Swedish study seeming to refute the claims of "natural childbirth" advocates that breathing alone can control pain.... more

London's hottest doctor on sexual health, size zero and David Cameron

05.05.09
Television doctor Christian Jessen was furious about being mentioned in the smears spread by Damian McBride, but at least his new-found fame can be put to good use, he says... more

Time & Space needs art rather than science

15.04.09
The Royal Institution's Time & Space restaurant should break free of concepts and discover what independent thought can add to a menu.... more

Physics pupils win prize for their radioactive rap

03.04.09
A group of pupils won an award for a rap video that explains radioactivity... more

Go all the way, Boris, and give the green light to naked streets

12.03.09
As we know, Wales has more sheep than people. In London, meanwhile, it sometimes seems as if the inhabitants are outnumbered by the traffic lights. ... more

Ten Alps to set up TV channel

11.09.08
Media: Bob Geldof's listed media group Ten Alps, is to launch The Newton Project in a joint venture with the Science Museum and the Royal Institution... more

First look inside Terry Farrell's refurbished Royal Institution

05.09.08
The Royal Institution of Great Britain, home to the science establishment for more than 200 years, reopens this weekend after a £22 million revamp... more

Tiny injected magnets offer new cancer hope

25.04.08
London scientists have signalled a major breakthrough in cancer treatment... more


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