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Louisiane Ferlier reports on the discoverability of non-Fellows in the Royal Society's Science in the Making resource.

For Disability History Month, Kip Heath delves into Florence Seibert’s lifelong fight against infectious diseases. 

New research published in Royal Society Open Science explores preferences for the human voice. We spoke to authors Camila Bruder and Pauline Larrouy-Maestri to find out more about their work. 

New research published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface explores the importance of string figures in mathematics and cultural studies. Dr Roope Kaaronen from the University of Helsinki provides an overview of their work.

Thomas Alva Edison is famous as one of the pioneering inventors of the incandescent light bulb. The ‘light-bulb moment’ is now shorthand for a bright idea, and another of Edison’s inventions, the phonograph, would jump start the record industry - not bad for a man who was himself almost completely deaf. Kip Heath explores Edison's legacy as part of Disability History Month.

As the pace of discovery in cellular and molecular biology continues to accelerate, it is more important than ever to engage with the unresolved questions that challenge and inspire the scientific community.

Dr Elin McCormack reflects on her experience of working in the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in 2021. 

Professor Emily Nurse reflects on her experience of working in the Government Office for Science.

Dr Marina Antoniou reflects on her experience of working in the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy in 2019.

Eloise Barber gives an overview of advances in the science of acoustics, from the seventeenth century to the present day.

Dr Christopher Race reflects on his experience of working part-time in the Office for Science at the Department for Transport (DfT) over five months in 2021.