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Reaping the benefits
Science and the sustainable intensification of global agriculture. Read the full report here.
Call for scientific meeting proposals
The call for proposals for scientific meetings to be held in 2011 is now open.
Eminent Britons Stamp Issue
Commemorating the International Year of Astronomy, a new Royal mail stamp issue features Sir Martin Ryle FRS.
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Group culture protects from depression
28 Oct 2009
Collectivistic cultures, which promote social harmony over individuality, protect people who are genetically predisposed to depression from experiencing the condition according to research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B
African scientist wins award for HIV and TB co-infection research
28 Oct 2009
A scientist who is helping to treat thousands of people living with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa has been awarded the Royal Society Pfizer Award. Dr Linda-Gail Bekker’s research looks at how TB epidemiology has changed in the HIV era.
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Water and society: past, present & future
9 Nov 2009 at 9:00am
Genetics and the causes of evolution: 150 years of progress since Darwin
12 Nov 2009 at 9:00am
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From Fossils to Photography
Click here for information about our new exhibition on Victorian science.