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Welcome to the Royal Society

The Royal Society is a fellowship of 1400 outstanding individuals who represent all areas of science, engineering and medicine and who form a global scientific network of the highest calibre. It exists to expand knowledge,support science and guide policy in the UK, the Commonwealth and all over the world.

You can find out more about our history, activities, governance, and strategic priorities in the section of this site about the Royal Society.

  • Hormonal contraceptives alter lemur odours 29 July 2010 New research published this week in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that hormonal contraceptives alter the scent of lemurs, making them less attractive to males and disrupting clues about their relationship to other group members and other genetic qualities.
  • Seven days in science – 22 July 2010 22 July 2010 Professor William Astbury, one of the fathers of molecular biology, is the focus of a new exhibition which opened today at the Thackray Museum, Leeds.
  • Cave salamander sheds light on ageing 21 July 2010 New research, published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, suggests that the olm – a blind amphibious salamander more correctly known as Proteus anguinus – seems to defy all predictions offered by current theories of ageing. 

More background can be found on the Science News pages.

  • Shipshape Science Summer Fun! 31 July 2010 at HMS Belfast, Morgan's Lane, Tooley Street, London, SE1 2JH: HMS Belfast, Institute of Physics and the Royal Society have collaborated to organise a series of on board drop in family science workshops on four consecutive Saturdays during the summer holidays of 2010.
  • Our buildings, our neighbourhoods, our cities? 13 September 2010 at 6-9 Carlton House Terrace: How can specialists and communities work together to create sustainable cities for the future? 
  • Open House Weekend 2010 18 September 2010 at 6-9 Carlton House Terrace: On 18 and 19 September 2010, the Royal Society opens its doors to the public as part of Open House London, the capital's biggest architectural festival.

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More reports can be found on the Policy reports pages.