Search by category

A new collection in the archives of the Royal Society shows how the electrical engineer Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton FRS was an active debunker of junk science and the paranormal.

New research in Royal Society Open Science explores the attractiveness halo effect in the era of beauty filters. Authors Aditya Gulati and Nuria Oliver take us through the study and findings.   ◀

Thank you to everyone who chose to read our papers and publish in our journals this year! As we count down to 2025, we’re celebrating the top 10 most popular articles of the year according to Altmetric.

Simone Cuff shares Dr Lisa-Ann Gershwin’s career story, including challenges and successes, for Disability History Month.

Are you heading to Cell Bio 2024 this month? Royal Society Publishing is excited to be part of this dynamic event, bringing together the brightest minds in cell biology from around the globe.

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.