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Have you ever wanted to go to an awesome science event at the Royal Institution Lecture Theatre (where they do those Christmas Lectures on the telly every year) BUT for it to be fun and silly and definitely not for kids?

Now’s your chance. Hurrah!

I’m curating two evening with the help of some very excellent and entertaining friends – and some expert help from the RI’s demo expert Andy who will be bringing out some bits and pieces from the archive for us to play with. I mean, for us to do science with. like…

 – Can you use Newtonian mechanics can help you juggle electric carving knives?

 – How do we find a earth-like planets orbiting around distant stars?

 – Did you know Michael Faraday invented the ballon?

Neither did I! Expect these revelations and more at:

BIG SCIENCE – Tues 18th June – with legendary comedian, improviser, Comedy Store Player and ex-physicist Richard Vranch and half of Domestic Science, Rob Wells

small science… Tues 25th June – with cabaret star and king of new variety Mat Ricardo, plus science troubadour Jonny Berliner

Tickets available here. Come along! It will be more fun than you can shake a stick at *

* No sticks were harmed in the making of this post.

Some lovely, exciting news – I am finally far enough out of the mainstream to be an Alternative Comedian!

On 11th July I’ll be recording a set at Edinburgh’s Stand comedy club for Stewart Lee’s Alternative Comedy Experience. Tickets are here. It’ll go out on Comedy Central, I’m not sure when, but some time this year… so look out on your digital boxes for some supernerdy musical comedy from me.

Until then, you make make do with one of my songs on mega YouTube channel Numberphile, recorded with the help of Spoken Nerd’s stand-up mathematician, Matt Parker.

It went out as part of YouTube Comedy Week and also on Wagner’s birthday, which is especially suitable because it’s the most epic singalong you will ever attempt – IT’S THE GOOGOLPLEX!

Some news for today… if you’re listening to 5 live between 3pm and 4pm today you’ll hear me and biologist/author/fellow science cheerleader Adam Rutherford on Richard Bacon’s afternoon show. We’re discussing this week’s science news and taking questions from the public – tune in here or listen again for the next 7 days on the same link.

Also, if you’re in the US or Canada, you can finally see my Discovery Channel show where we look at the science behind crazy YouTube stunts… in the UK it’s called You Have Been Warned, but in the US they call it Outrageous Acts of Science – ha, those Americans! It’s on Saturday nights at 10pm on the Science Channel.