From guessing the weight of a cow or the number of sweets in a jar, there is evidence that the average of a crowd's guesses can deliver surprisingly accurate results.
Join Professor du Sautoy for an evening of live interactive quizzes and experiments to test the collective wisdom of the audience and learn how these principals can be harnessed for citizen science projects.
If you aren't able to make it to Carlton House Terrace on the night, you can follow online and still take part in the interactive elements of the talk.
Come eat, drink and be merry as the Royal Society opens its doors and decks the halls for an historical evening of festive fun and an exclusive opportunity to explore the Society after hours.
Try your hand at screen-printing and drawing images and objects from our archives, listen to tales of science past, and enjoy gastronomic treats in our festive food hall.
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Michael Faraday's death, Sir John Meurig Thomas takes us back to the 19th century to explore one of the most influential scientists in history.
As part of the Collections by candlelight event, discover Faraday's lasting legacy including his ground-breaking work on electricity and magnetism and his passion for communicating science to the public.
How can a computer recognise what people are doing and saying in a video stream?
Winner of the 2017 Milner Award Professor Andrew Zisserman will be discussing these different forms of machine learning that can be used to help artificial intelligences learning how to understand and contextualise video data.
How do new species form? Genetic studies show that a very small number of genes control the formation of new species. Surprisingly, only one such gene – Prdm9 – has been found in mammals.
Winner of the 2017 Francis Crick Medal, Professor Simon Myers, discusses the link between sexual reproduction and the formation of new species.
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