Telling the history of science...with cake 🎂 Chemist and Great British Bake-off finalist Josh Smalley shares how the world's first synthetic dye was a "happy accident", a chain of events kick-started by Michael Faraday exactly 200 years ago. | Royal Institution of Great Britain

6.4K views · 162 reactions | How are smoke rings formed?  Natasha tests out some air cannons. | Royal Institution of Great Britain | Facebook

5.7M views · 121K reactions |  Capturing a Flame // Royal Institution Discourse Excerpt @ri_science Full video on YT - in the bio! Support us on Patreon | Midnight Science Club | Facebook

3.8K reactions · 266 shares | What are you curious about? 易 From physics to palaeontology, there's always something new to learn at the Ri. | Royal Institution of Great Britain | Facebook

Andrew Szydlo returns with a visually spectacular performance explaining the science along the way. Fiery reactions, colour-changing liquids and gunpowder. Watch the full lecture on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRBVfqhPQQ8 | 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