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Jessica Miller
Publishing
3 mins
The impact of prehistoric conflicts on population dynamics
A new J. R. Soc. Interface paper examines the wider possible social effects of violent conflict in human prehistory, specifically in terms of population distribution. We spoke to the lead author, Dr Dániel Kondor at Complexity Science Hub Vienna, to find out more.
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![Alice Power](https://apidyn.royalsociety.org/images/blogs/icon-speaker.jpg)
Alice Power
Publishing
2 mins
STEP forward to fusion
Professor Sir Ian Chapman, the Chief Executive Officer of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, is a leader in the field of fusion energy. Together with his co-editors, Professor Sir Steven Cowley and Professor Howard Wilson, Ian has guest edited a new Philosophical Transactions A theme issue entitled ‘Delivering Fusion Energy – The Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP)’. In this blog post, Ian outlines the progress made in fusion science so far, and the motivation for this recent theme issue.
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Eloise Barber
History of science
3 mins
The first Paralympic Games
Eloise Barber tells the story of Sir Ludwig Guttmann FRS, a pioneer in the world of disability sports and founder of the Stoke Mandeville Games.
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Cameron Hepburn
News and views
4 mins
Do the economics behind the UK’s climate ambitions stack up?
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Professor Christopher Huang
Publishing
11 mins
Nerve, muscle, action: celebrating pioneers of cell physiology
A new collection of Royal Society Biographical Memoirs celebrates the scientists who initiated the study of physiological mechanisms at the cellular level, uncovering the biophysical basis for how animal movement is initiated.
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![Louisiane Ferlier](https://apidyn.royalsociety.org/images/blogs/louisiane-ferlier.jpg)
Louisiane Ferlier
History of science
4 mins
Figuring the Earth
Louisiane Ferlier introduces the first international collaborative exhibition put on by the Royal Society Library team, jointly curated with the French Académie des sciences.
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Helen Eaton
Publishing
3 mins
Aligned Bodies, United Hearts: Why Synchrony Matters and How It Happens
Mohammadamin Saraei, a graduate student at the University of Connecticut, has published a paper in a recent theme issue of Philosophical Transactions B. The study looks at behaviour during an Islamic congregational ritual in order to understand how coordinated actions are occurring.
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Shalene Singh-Shepherd
Publishing
4 mins
How to train your crocodile?
Dr. Georgia Ward-Fear tells us about the research published in her new Proceedings B paper, a study that used conditioned taste aversion (CTA) in northern Australia to train free-ranging crocodiles to avoid toxic cane toads.
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Callum Shoosmith
Publishing
4 mins
Welcome to the Royal Society Open Science editorial board—Science, Society and Policy
Royal Society Open Science is pleased to welcome each of its new editors this year. Here we hear from three recent additions to the Science, Society and Policy section.
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![Vida Milovanovic](https://apidyn.royalsociety.org/images/blogs/vida-milovanovic.jpg)
Vida Milovanovic
History of science
6 mins
Observing general relativity
How did a solar eclipse in May 1919 help to prove Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity? Vida Milovanovic tells the story.
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Rupert Baker
History of science
5 mins
Norwegian ice
Rupert Baker retraces the footsteps of James David Forbes FRS, who travelled to Norway in 1851 on a glacier-hunting expedition.
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Katherine Marshall
History of science
5 mins
Fossil wood
Katherine Marshall discovers a beautiful seventeenth-century treatise on petrified wood in the collections of the Royal Society Library.