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In just over two weeks time, we’ll be hosting another London-themed quiz at the Royal Institution’s swanky but friendly Time & Space bar. The quiz, on 8 October from 7pm, is part of the Story of London Festival. Here’s everything you need to know. How …

London has a full house of new restos opening this Summer. Paula Radcliffe has pulled out of the London Marathon. Pregnancy is as good an excuse as any. Spurs blame Wembley pitch for their defeat. Hm. The RI is tryig to recompose itself. London’s first …

Baroness Susan Greenfield, controversial Director of the Royal Institution, has been made redundant. The much-cherished venue for science communication, on Albemarle Street, Mayfair, reportedly made the decision as a cost-cutting measure. The Baroness is now pursuing an industrial tribunal on the grounds of sex discrimination. …

Time once again for the Royal Institution’s science pub quiz, which runs tonight from 7pm in their funky Time and Space bar. Pit your wits against 60 questions designed to test your knowledge of popular science, put together and co-hosted by Londonist M@. The questions …

For almost 200 years, the Royal Institution in Mayfair has delighted children and adults alike with a seasonal series of lectures on a scientific theme. Unless you’re (a) of school age and (b) in possession of a time machine, you won’t be able to get …

Who would have thought that fish embryos could be so hypnotic? Under the microscope, they tumble and turn like marbles, executing the occasional piscine wriggle at camera. These dainty roe are zebrafish, whose unusual transparency is a boon for medical research. Scientists intensely breed the …

The Royal Institution in Mayfair has kept a low profile these past couple of years while its Albemarle Street HQ has undergone a major revamp. But now it’s back. And how. The venerable science venue, perhaps best known for its Christmas lectures, was reopened this …