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David Earn

23 June 2022

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Pride and STEM: Looking back on 50 years

Professor Giles Oldroyd

22 June 2022

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Keith Moore

20 June 2022

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Dr June Brawner

16 June 2022

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13 June 2022

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Time-keeping and decision-making in living cells

Jessica Miller

09 June 2022

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A brief history of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology 1945-2000

Malcolm Longair

08 June 2022

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Andreas Schleicher

06 June 2022

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Andy Haldane

06 June 2022

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06 June 2022

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30 May 2022

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30 May 2022

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Nigel Shadbolt

29 May 2022

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26 May 2022

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25 May 2022

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23 May 2022

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Judith Hackitt

23 May 2022

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23 May 2022

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Richard Layard

23 May 2022

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16 May 2022

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16 May 2022

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12 May 2022

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Katherine Marshall

09 May 2022

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What is synthetic data, and how can it advance research and development?

Alison-Noble

08 May 2022

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Ellen Embleton

02 May 2022

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Professor Gary Lewin

28 April 2022

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26 April 2022

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25 April 2022

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20 April 2022

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Prof Goverdhan Mehta FRS

19 April 2022

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18 April 2022

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Regional Absorptive Capacity: The skills dimension

Athene-Donald

13 April 2022

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11 April 2022

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Proteins, dinosaurs, and pulsars—Biographical Memoirs Volume 72

Callum Shoosmith

05 April 2022

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04 April 2022

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Professor Carsten De Dreu

03 April 2022

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Meryl Batchelder

31 March 2022

7 min read

Royal Society Charter Book: Royal page for King Edward VII (detail) History of science

Illuminating archives

Virginia Mills

28 March 2022

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Professor Marc Johnson

25 March 2022

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Phil Hurst

22 March 2022

1 min read

The sacking of Joseph Priestley’s laboratory and library in 1792 (detail) History of science

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Keith Moore

22 March 2022

4 min read

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How libraries can fight disinformation

Melissa Terras

18 March 2022

7 min read

Dr Maurine Neiman, University of Iowa Publishing

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17 March 2022

3 min read

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Science sees better with a global perspective

Isabella Quakyi

15 March 2022

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Daniel Belteki

15 March 2022

4 min read

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10 March 2022

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Jon Bushell

08 March 2022

6 min read

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Professor Uta Frith DBE FBA Fmedsci FRS

08 March 2022

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Graham Anderson

03 March 2022

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Designing filters inspired by animal noses

Jessica Miller

02 March 2022

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01 March 2022

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Dr Bin Gu

28 February 2022

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25 February 2022

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23 February 2022

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Biology Letters – an open access journey

Surayya Johar

23 February 2022

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Katherine Marshall

22 February 2022

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Gina Neff

22 February 2022

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Jessica Miller

17 February 2022

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15 February 2022

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The role of SARS-CoV-2 aerosol transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jessica Miller

11 February 2022

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Proceedings B Special Feature on animal locomotion

Richard Bomphrey

10 February 2022

4 min read

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How search engines affect the information we find

Professor Derek Mcauley

03 February 2022

5 min read

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Dr Ricardo Caliari Oliveira

03 February 2022

3 min read

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Vannis Jones Rahi

01 February 2022

6 min read

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We need to support Core Maths qualifications to realise young people’s ambitions

Paul Glaister

27 January 2022

3 min read

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Cat brains and replication studies

Andrew Dunn

26 January 2022

5 min read

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How to regulate misinformation

Professor Lilian Edwards

25 January 2022

7 min read

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Powders of sympathy

Isabel Lauterjung

25 January 2022

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Thomas Willis FRS by George Vertue, 1742, after David Loggan (detail) History of science

The circle of Willis

Rupert Baker

19 January 2022

5 min read

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We are not powerless in the face of online misinformation

Ed Humpherson

19 January 2022

3 min read

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Why we need to talk about the online information environment

Professor Frank Kelly FRS

19 January 2022

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Stuart Taylor

17 January 2022

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Philosophical Transactions A: A Year in Review

Alice Power

14 January 2022

2 min read

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Virus–virus interactions—can we predict the outcome of a Covid-19 and flu interaction?

Shalene Singh-Shepherd

12 January 2022

4 min read

Hydra from Aldrovandi’s 'Serpentum et draconum historiae', 1640 (detail) History of science

Redacting the Hamburg hydra

Daniel Belteki

11 January 2022

5 min read

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Gems in the archives

Claire Sabel

04 January 2022

7 min read

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Christmas trees

Keith Moore

21 December 2021

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Welcoming new Associate Editors to Royal Society Open Science

Callum Shoosmith

17 December 2021

3 min read

Henry Martyn Taylor FRS History of science

Disability history and the Royal Society

Rupert Baker

14 December 2021

5 min read

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G7 – what has it meant for science?

Professor Richard Catlow FRS

14 December 2021

3 min read

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Synergistic tomographic image reconstruction

Charalampos Tsoumpas

13 December 2021

5 min read

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Coronavirus and surfaces

Jessica Miller

10 December 2021

3 min read

Felix Harbour (detail), from John Ross's 'Narrative of a second voyage...', 1835 History of science

The other Somerset House

Jon Bushell

07 December 2021

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Evolving publishing metrics

Editorial Team

06 December 2021

2 min read

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Open Biology – celebrating a decade of publishing

Buchi Okereafor

03 December 2021

2 min read

Signatures from the second meeting of the Royal Society, 5 December 1660 History of science

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Louisiane Ferlier

30 November 2021

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Introducing newly appointed Proceedings B Associate Editors

Shalene Singh-Shepherd

30 November 2021

6 min read

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10 years of Open Biology: Q&A with our first authors – part three

Buchi Okereafor

26 November 2021

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10 years of Open Biology: Q&A with our first authors – part two

Buchi Okereafor

26 November 2021

6 min read

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10 years of Open Biology: Q&A with our first authors

Buchi Okereafor

25 November 2021

8 min read

Colour circle by Michel Eugène Chevreul, 1861 History of science

Colour wheel

Katherine Marshall

24 November 2021

5 min read

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10 years of Open Biology: Editors’ highlights

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22 November 2021

7 min read

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Professor Eric Wolff FRS

19 November 2021

3 min read

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How do bird songs evolve over time?

Shalene Singh-Shepherd

17 November 2021

2 min read

Plate I of Robert Hooke's 'Micrographia' (detail) History of science

Craftsmanship and spectacle in London

Jessica Miller

16 November 2021

4 min read

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Bushy tales

Ellen Embleton

09 November 2021

5 min read

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Science, engineering, and technology: essential partners on the road to net zero

Professor Peter Bruce FRS

09 November 2021

3 min read

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A Modern View on Turing’s Theory of Pattern Formation

Dr Andrew Krause

08 November 2021

6 min read

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Tomorrow's climate scientists - living walls

Wendy Smith

03 November 2021

6 min read

Platycercus Adelaidiae, from John Gould's 'Birds of Australia' (detail) History of science

Ornithological opposites

Virginia Mills

02 November 2021

6 min read

CLP/19/55 'Enquiries about Guiny recommended by Henry Oldenburg to Mr Floyd' (detail) History of science

West African medical knowledge, the slave trade and the Royal Society

Carolyn Roberts

25 October 2021

5 min read

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Transformative agreements with Royal Society Publishing

Graham Anderson

21 October 2021

2 min read

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Biology Letters and Open Access in 2021

Surayya Johar

20 October 2021

4 min read

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Building structural equity with Science, Society and Policy

Andrew Dunn

19 October 2021

3 min read

Sir Geoff Palmer History of science

Grains of truth

Sir Geoff Palmer

18 October 2021

5 min read

Planet earth Publishing

The move to fully Open Access – what about the author?

Phil Hurst

18 October 2021

2 min read

PLoS Publishing

Why Open Access?

Jessica Miller

17 October 2021

3 min read

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COVID-19: science, history, culture and imagination

Jessica Miller

11 October 2021

4 min read

Nira Chamberlain at the Royal Society, 2018 History of science

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Nira Chamberlain

11 October 2021

5 min read

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Biographical Memoirs Volume 71 – Beyond the Lab

Callum Shoosmith

07 October 2021

4 min read

Hakeem Oluseyi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/33352853353/in/photostream/) History of science

Counting lives

Keith Moore

04 October 2021

5 min read

Portrait of George Biddell Airy, by James Pardon, ca.1833-1834 (detail) History of science

Light and Airy

Daniel Belteki

27 September 2021

6 min read

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Identity and open peer review

Andrew Dunn

23 September 2021

2 min read

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Preprints and identity in peer review

Shalene Singh-Shepherd

22 September 2021

4 min read

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Co-reviewing as a way to open up peer review

Buchi Okereafor

21 September 2021

3 min read

Dorothy Hodgkin by Bryan Organ, 1982 (detail) History of science

Sleight of hand

Katherine Marshall

21 September 2021

4 min read

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Collecting gender data to address bias in peer review

Phil Hurst

20 September 2021

2 min read

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Research culture and identity in peer review

Katie Raymer

19 September 2021

2 min read

Dr Leor Zmigrod Publishing

Axes of diversity and peer review

Dr Leor Zmigrod

16 September 2021

5 min read

Parrot Publishing

Peer review survey: reporting your experiences

Editorial Team

15 September 2021

4 min read

Detail from Charles Darwin’s election certificate History of science

Certified success

Jon Bushell

13 September 2021

5 min read

Catherine Talbot Publishing

Meet our new Preprint Editor

Surayya Johar

09 September 2021

3 min read

Fiona Amery, Notes and Records Essay Award 2021 Publishing

The disputed sound of the aurora borealis – winner of the Notes and Records Essay Award 2021

Fiona Amery

06 September 2021

6 min read

Plaque on RSA House, 8 John Adam Street History of science

Fellow architects

Rupert Baker

05 September 2021

9 min read

Père David’s deer History of science

Sylva and grey

Frankie Chappell

30 August 2021

4 min read

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Introducing Proceedings B Associate Editors from India

Shalene Singh-Shepherd

25 August 2021

4 min read

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On the Brunel trail

Rupert Baker

23 August 2021

3 min read

Palace of Westminster News and views

Reflections of a House of Lords Select Committee Specialist Adviser

Professor Ruth Morgan

19 August 2021

7 min read

Diagram from Luke Howard’s, ‘On the proportions of the prevailing winds...', 1841 History of science

Depicting data

Ellen Embleton

16 August 2021

5 min read

Professor Dale Sanders News and views

Resilient food production, climate change and the environment - a triple challenge

Professor Dale Sanders FRS

16 August 2021

3 min read

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Biological anthroengineering

Jessica Miller

12 August 2021

4 min read

Portrait of John Napier from MS/648, Collectanea Newtoniana (detail) History of science

Counting bones

Louisiane Ferlier

09 August 2021

4 min read

Photo by Laker from Pexels Publishing

Reviews and Biology Letters

Professor Lewis Halsey

05 August 2021

2 min read

Tristan da Cunha: the new volcano History of science

Volcanic venture

Jon Bushell

02 August 2021

5 min read

Cyanotype image of a fern by John Herschel, 1848 (detail) History of science

The roots of photography

Virginia Mills

26 July 2021

7 min read

Checklist Publishing

Responding to decision letters: a how-to guide for new authors

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21 July 2021

4 min read

Human and dog Publishing

Are dogs sensitive to human mental states?

Shalene Singh-Shepherd

20 July 2021

3 min read

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Computer pioneers

Rupert Baker

19 July 2021

4 min read

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Preprints and Proceedings B – the story so far

Shalene Singh-Shepherd

13 July 2021

4 min read

Pareiasaurus Baini by Gertrude Woodward, 1892 (detail) History of science

Paper dragons

Katherine Marshall

12 July 2021

4 min read

John Ruskin ‘Cloud effect over Coniston Old Man’ (detail) © The Ruskin, Lancaster University History of science

Cloud perspectives

Sandra Kemp

07 July 2021

6 min read

Colin Foad Powerpoint Publishing

Embracing pandemic uncertainty in science, society and policy

Dr Colin Foad

06 July 2021

6 min read

Moon jellyfish, from a 1761 book by Job Baster History of science

The jellyfish debate

Ellen Embleton

30 June 2021

5 min read

Butterfly wing by F.C. Moore, 1891 History of science

Wings and things

Keith Moore

21 June 2021

3 min read

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Welcome to Biology Letters’ New Editorial Board Members

Surayya Johar

17 June 2021

5 min read

Palace of Westminster News and views

Reflections on the 2021 Pairing Scheme

15 June 2021

6 min read

Richard Owen FRS, ca.1855 History of science

Dinosaurs and brains

Frankie Chappell

14 June 2021

3 min read

Comparison of subnetworks of genes. The network shown is formed by 594 nodes and 3107 edges. See “Automated generation of context-specific gene regulatory networks with a weighted approach in Drosophila melanogaster” by Murgas et al. in this issue (https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2020.0076). Publishing

Advancing bioinformatics research in Latin America

Jessica Miller

10 June 2021

3 min read

Blue plaque at 55 Sheen Road Richmond History of science

Head of steam

Rupert Baker

07 June 2021

4 min read

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Suction-assisted grabbing by elephants

Professor David Hu

01 June 2021

4 min read

A flint implement found in Kent’s Cavern History of science

Early man cave

Jon Bushell

31 May 2021

6 min read

Professor Steve W Lindsay Publishing

Preventing malaria with purpose-built houses

Professor Steve Lindsay

25 May 2021

4 min read

Cartoon of George Biddell Airy by Augustus De Morgan History of science

Penning puns

Virginia Mills

24 May 2021

5 min read

Photo by Ann H from Pexels Publishing

Welcoming new Associate Editors to Royal Society Open Science

Callum Shoosmith

20 May 2021

5 min read

Powell and Lealand compound microscope History of science

Jewels of the sea

Sandra Santos

17 May 2021

3 min read

Publishing

Our transition to Open Access

Stuart Taylor

13 May 2021

3 min read

Waves on the ocean Publishing

The impact of future ocean acidification on coral reef survival

Billy Moore

11 May 2021

3 min read

Australian green tree frog (Litoria caerulea) History of science

Blogspawn

Katherine Marshall

10 May 2021

4 min read

New Royal Society Picture Library galleries History of science

An upgrade to our Picture Library

Ellen Embleton

04 May 2021

3 min read

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Social support and maternal-child health

Dr Abigail Page

02 May 2021

5 min read

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St Lubbock's Days

Rupert Baker

26 April 2021

5 min read

Machine learning report Schools Network

More than fun: enrichment activities rooted in contemporary science

Lucy Holdcroft

25 April 2021

5 min read

Plate from ‘Account of a new method of cultivating the sugar cane’, 1779 (detail) History of science

A spoonful of sugar

Frankie Chappell

19 April 2021

5 min read

PCI Registered Reports Publishing

Royal Society Open Science welcomes PCI Registered Reports

Andrew Dunn

18 April 2021

2 min read

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Interdisciplinary approaches to dynamics in biology

Jessica Miller

15 April 2021

2 min read

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Partnership Grants - engaging in scientific research

Christine Sneddon

13 April 2021

2 min read

Peer review during the pandemic thank you Publishing

Peer review during the pandemic – thank you!

Phil Hurst

12 April 2021

3 min read

Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder General History of science

Wonderful museums

Keith Moore

12 April 2021

3 min read

Edward Boyse Publishing

Biographical Memoirs Volume 70: Discovery and Innovation

Callum Shoosmith

07 April 2021

3 min read

View of the Earth's atmosphere from space News and views

A China-UK dialogue on artificial intelligence

Professor Sir Keith Burnett FRS

07 April 2021

9 min read

Science, Society and Policy a new initiative in Royal Society Open Science Publishing

Science, Society and Policy in Royal Society Open Science

Andrew Dunn

07 April 2021

3 min read

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Snapping scientists

Ellen Embleton

06 April 2021

3 min read

Vesuvius, from Royal Society MS/2/1/173 (detail) History of science

Volcanic vistas

Jon Bushell

29 March 2021

5 min read

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How is COVID-19 evolving?

Dr Katrina Lythgoe

28 March 2021

6 min read

Cover 2197 Publishing

Should We Trust Computers?

Dr Roger Highfield

28 March 2021

5 min read

A meeting of the Royal Society at Somerset House c.1844 History of science

Funding Victorian science

Virginia Mills

23 March 2021

5 min read

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What might the future of the UK countryside look like?

Jamie Upton

23 March 2021

5 min read

News and views

A new approach to regulating genetic technologies

Dame Linda Partridge DBE Fmedsci FRS

22 March 2021

3 min read

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Partnership Grants - building links between local schools

Cameron And William

22 March 2021

2 min read

Anna Atkins, Sphacelaria scoparia, from British algae volume I, 1843 History of science

Something old, something blue

Sandra Santos

16 March 2021

3 min read

biological applications Publishing

Proceedings B introduces Biological Applications subject category

Shalene Singh-Shepherd

12 March 2021

1 min read

Adelpha cocala lorzae by Andrew F. E. Neild Publishing

Hard to catch: experimental evidence supports evasive mimicry

Shalene Singh-Shepherd

10 March 2021

5 min read

The 'Scientists 1985-2010' exhibition in Carlton House Terrace History of science

Science decade

Katherine Marshall

09 March 2021

2 min read

Test tubes with brightly coloured liquid. News and views

A day in the life of an applied mathematician: Professor Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb

08 March 2021

2 min read

Test tubes with brightly coloured liquid. News and views

A day in the life of a scientist: Dr Sabrina Simoncelli

Dr Sabrina Simoncelli

08 March 2021

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Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf News and views

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08 March 2021

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Johann Christoph Sturm by George Perfect Harding, after Dullaert c.1838 History of science

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Carbon dioxide detection in biological systems

Jessica Miller

23 February 2021

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Mars by James Nasmyth, 1863 History of science

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23 February 2021

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22 February 2021

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Professor Charles Bangham Fmedsci FRS

19 February 2021

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Map of Greenland, after William Scoresby FRS, 1818 (detail) History of science

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16 February 2021

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21 January 2021

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Students in an information technology class Schools Network

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Philosophical Transactions A: Looking back at 2020

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10 December 2020

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09 December 2020

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02 December 2020

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01 December 2020

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24 November 2020

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17 November 2020

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13 November 2020

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13 November 2020

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Dorothea Bate, 1932 History of science

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12 November 2020

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Can Heliconius butterflies help us better understand evolutionary novelty?

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11 November 2020

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Ice Giant Systems as the Next Step in our Exploration of the Solar System

09 November 2020

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Unsung heroes in nursing and care homes

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27 October 2020

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Update from the party conferences

Professor Dame Linda Partridge

21 October 2020

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20 October 2020

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Opportunity for all: ensuring equitable access to content and the publishing process

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Letter from Cotton Mather to James Jurin, 1723 (detail) History of science

West Africans and the history of smallpox inoculation: Q&A with Elise A. Mitchell

19 October 2020

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18 October 2020

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15 October 2020

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Steven Burgess - Royal Society Open Science Associate Editor Publishing

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11 October 2020

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Portrait of Joanna, by William Blake, 1796 (detail) History of science

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11 October 2020

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Stephen Moorbath at Harwell, 1956. Provided by the Moorbath family. Publishing

Mathematicians, Astrophysicists and a Royal Society President: Introducing Volume 69 of Biographical Memoirs

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08 October 2020

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Saint-Domingue - now Haiti - in 1762 (detail) History of science

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05 October 2020

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Global trends in wildfire and its impacts

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Wood duck by Mark Catesby, 1731 (detail) History of science

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28 September 2020

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23 September 2020

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22 September 2020

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21 September 2020

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Maurine Neiman – University of Iowa. Publishing

Trust in peer review: the role and reputation of preprints

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07 September 2020

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Professor Richard Jones

06 September 2020

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Botanists’ barbecue in Canada, 1924 (detail) History of science

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31 August 2020

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Notes and Records Essay Award 2021

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31 August 2020

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24 August 2020

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Cattle graze on land in Marin County, California. Land management practices that store carbon, as well as technological approaches for carbon dioxide removal, are essential components of fighting climate change. Publishing

Going negative: An interdisciplinary, holistic approach to carbon dioxide removal

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The Copley Medal of the Royal Society History of science

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17 August 2020

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16 August 2020

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13 August 2020

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Key questions for modelling COVID-19 exit strategies

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11 August 2020

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A stolen Newton inscription (virtually) restored to a Swedish autograph album

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09 August 2020

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03 August 2020

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Image from Christopher Wren’s 'De Corpore Saturni' History of science

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27 July 2020

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Gavin Blackett

27 July 2020

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26 July 2020

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23 July 2020

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Sunetra Gupta, ©The Royal Society History of science

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20 July 2020

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Robert Hooke's microscope History of science

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12 July 2020

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Press cutting from a Royal Society conversazione at Burlington House, nineteenth century (detail) History of science

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06 July 2020

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05 July 2020

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29 June 2020

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Biographical Memoirs Dorothy Hodgkin Publishing

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25 June 2020

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24 June 2020

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23 June 2020

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23 June 2020

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Photograph of Virginia Woolfe with her race resting on her hand circa 1927. The photograph is in sepia tones and she wears a fur stole. History of science

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Dr Rachel Crossland

23 June 2020

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Image from 'Research on cinchona alkaloids' by William Boyd Herapath History of science

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22 June 2020

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Professor Liwu Zhang Publishing

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22 June 2020

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Cooking implements from Morocco, by Jezreel Jones, 1698 History of science

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Louisiane Ferlier

15 June 2020

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The origin and rise of complex life: integrating models, geochemical and palaeontological data

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11 June 2020

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09 June 2020

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Plan of Pen Park Hole by Captain Collins, 1682 (detail) History of science

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08 June 2020

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01 June 2020

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27 May 2020

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25 May 2020

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21 May 2020

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21 May 2020

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‘Science Museum: Mathematics’ Publishing

Science, society and politics – an uneasy but essential ménage à trois

Professor Stephen Matlin

21 May 2020

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'Flying lizards', by Alice Bolingbroke Woodward, from Henry Knipe's 'Evolution in the past' (1912) - Wikimedia Commons History of science

Deep time in rhyme

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18 May 2020

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Yutao Xiao Publishing

International collaboration and cooperation: the role of grants

Dr Yutao Xiao

18 May 2020

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17 May 2020

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Is self-isolating alone actually bad for our mental health?

Dr Netta Weinstein

17 May 2020

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The coffin lid of Augustus Bozzi Granville's Egyptian mummy History of science

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11 May 2020

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11 May 2020

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Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester © National Portrait Gallery, London. Reproduced under creative commons license. History of science

Young guns

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04 May 2020

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Science in Lockdown: the effects of COVID-19 on research and researchers

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03 May 2020

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30 April 2020

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Dr Andrew Rice

30 April 2020

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Is 2020 our opportunity to rethink science in policy?

Professor Ruth Morgan

30 April 2020

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RAMP update

Professor Peter Bruce FRS

28 April 2020

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Flowers of romance

Rupert Baker

27 April 2020

4 min read

‘Soliloquy’ illustration by Thomas Huxley FRS History of science

King Lion

Virginia Mills

20 April 2020

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A man asleep dreaming of monsters. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98. Publishing

Sleep and stress: past and present

Jessica Miller

16 April 2020

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Portrait of a Lady, said to be the Countess of Loudoun History of science

Head for the Hills

Ellen Embleton

13 April 2020

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World Parkinson’s Day – Q&A with Professor Miratul Muqit

Professor Miratul Muqit

10 April 2020

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Small primates in Nepal Publishing

Why do viruses jump from animals to humans? Clues to the COVID-19 pandemic

Dr Christine K Johnson

07 April 2020

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‘The illumination of part of the outer limb of Venus when it was partly on the Sun’s disc during its transit’ by Torbern Olof Bergman History of science

Terra nullius?

Frankie Chappell

06 April 2020

6 min read

Sir Aaron Klug OM (1926 – 2018) with an electron microscope. (Copyright © MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.) Publishing

Multiple medical pioneers, three Chemistry Nobel Laureates, and one Royal Society President – Volume 68 of Biographical Memoirs

Callum Shoosmith

31 March 2020

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Bee in lavender field Publishing

Open Biology welcomes new Editors to the board

Buchi Okereafor

30 March 2020

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Plate 1 of Remmelin ‘Catoptrum Microcosmicum’ History of science

The secret life of books

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30 March 2020

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Colour dimorphism and associated trait diversity diagram Publishing

Why are coral fish so colourful?

Shalene Singh-Shepherd

29 March 2020

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© NicoElNino News and views

How technology can be harnessed for the good of the planet

Andy Hopper FRS

27 March 2020

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Bee in lavender field Publishing

Covid-19 pandemic – Royal Society Publishing service

Stuart Taylor

24 March 2020

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Goldfinch, by Thomas Bewick History of science

Line of flight

Keith Moore

24 March 2020

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