Seaside symmetry
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Video: Bringing Science Home
Over the last year at the Royal Institution we've published two series of a video project called ExpeRimental which aims to promote the practice of science based activities in the home with children.
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Video: The Magic of Consciousness
Professor Nicholas Humphrey explores the scientific significance and problematic nature of consciousness.
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Too Hot to Handle: The Science of Fire Breathing
Fire breathing - it all hinges on the oxygen in the air.
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Video: When Fish Stopped Being So Lazy and Made it Onto Land
Recent video shot and produced for the Ri Channel, featuring Professor Neil Shubin who discovered the remarkably well preserved fossil of the transitional organism Tiktaalik roseae.
Read MoreVue Lumière No 765 - Serpentine Dance, 1896
One interesting piece of media I came across today (whilst reading about the origins of cinema) was an early piece of footage shot by the Lumiere brothers in 1896: http://vimeo.com/20209451
The silent film depicts an unnamed dancer quite hauntingly perform Loie Fuller’s Serpentine Dance. Each frame was hand coloured to help vividly depict the striking motion conducted by the dancer.
Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière were among the earliest filmmakers in history and produced some of the most pioneering and influential films of their time. The brothers are best known for producing their series of short ‘actuality’ films, which captured everyday events on film. These ‘actuality’ films are considered by many to represent the earliest incarnation of the documentary film.