Come and jam with Mortimer at the Ri Lates: Rules of attraction, on Friday 24 October 2014, 6:30’’s first adults-only building takeover. Could you fall in love with a robot? What happens to liquid when you fill it with iron filings? And what does the shape of a penis tell you about an animal’s social life? Find out the answers to these questions and so many more through hands-on workshops, activities, science demonstrations and stimulating talks. Make your own gunpowder, sniff out a partner, play with magnets, have a drink, and grab some food to the live jazz music before practising the rules of courtship at our dance workshops. This night will be an eclectic way to end the week! Talks: The weird world of courtship, Secrets of animal sex, Opposites attract! The magnetic pull of nature. Activities: Love zoo, dissect a heart, judgement calls, robot love, attractive stuff, LEGO beginnings of the Universe. Workshops: Gunpowder making, dating games, archives tour, blues dancing class. The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter