Five mysteries of the Universe with Carlos Frenk FRS |
Our Universe is full of mystery. There is so much still to learn. Cosmologist Carlos Frenk FRS explores five of the biggest mysteries, from white holes to dark matter. This animation was made with our partners, BBC Ideas and featured in an episode of Sky at Night in 2022.
To celebrate world space week, you can also catch up on the talks from our Space Lates event: A perspective on space: preparing for 2075, Meet the space engineers and The life of stars.
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Do left-handed athletes have an innate advantage? |
In a new paper published in Royal Society Open Science, researchers found that left-handers have a natural edge in precision sports such as fencing and table tennis. Their stronger spatial and motor skills, linked to the brain’s right hemisphere, give them slightly faster reactions that help at top levels.
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Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture: Bright futures in a dark universe |
Watch Professor Clare Burrage’s Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture exploring dark matter and dark energy, the unseen 95% of the universe. Professor Burrage will also speak about her work to inspire girls of all ages in physics through her engaging outreach project. Taking place Tuesday 21 October 2025, 18.30 – 19.30. In person and online. |
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Summer Science Exhibits on Tour at Bradford Science Festival |
Make music with facial expressions and learn the science behind rice cakes at Bradford Science Festival, with activities supported by the Royal Society.
Find ‘Smile-powered pop music with PhotoSYNTH’, a 2025 Summer Science flagship exhibit, at West Shine Bowling (BD5 7BX) on Thursday 30 October. Join the ‘From grain to goodness’ team, at Darley Street Market (BD1 3HH) over the weekend 1 – 2 November. |
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Francis Crick Prize Lecture: Unravelling the origins of childhood cancer |
Professor Sam Behjati will deliver the Francis Crick Prize Lecture at the Royal Society in London on 10 October 2025. He will present his discoveries into the developmental roots of childhood cancer.
Professor Behjati is a Group Leader at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Clinical Professor of Paediatric Oncology at the University of Cambridge and an Honorary Consultant Paediatric Oncologist at Cambridge University Hospitals. |
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Milner Prize Lecture: How to spot and debunk misleading content |
The Milner Prize Lecture will be given by Professor Iryna Gurevych at the Royal Society in London on 17 November 2025. Professor Gurevych is Professor of Computer Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. In this lecture, she will demonstrate how the latest advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence can be applied to protect both people and machines from misinformation. |
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Image credits Final Trophee Monal 2012 © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons Francis Crick prize lecture © iStock.com / filo
Milner prize lecture © iStock / Anuphan Poolkoet |
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