VIDEO: Royal Institution Christmas Lectures hook up with Twitter

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21 December 2009 12:35 GMT / By Ben Crompton

The Royal Institution has been instrumental in bringing science to a wider audience through exciting lectures, initially thanks to the work carried out by Humphry Davy at the beginning of the 19th century. The most famous of these, however, have to be the Christmas Lectures initiated by Faraday in 1825, which helped in the education of young people.

Now, in the true tradition of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, they will be made even more interactive by allowing viewers to tweet with the lecturer after the programs go out each night on More4. Professor Sue Hartley will be giving the lectures on the 300 million-year war between plants and animals, and you can join in through experiments that have been made available online through the Royal Institution website.

Tweets can be made by directing questions to @rigb_science or tagging the tweet with #xmaslectures and the broadcast will go out at 7pm between the 21st and 25 December. Check out the video above which gives a taster of the fun experiments you can expect to see.

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