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Blog posts and articles from the Royal Society.
Blog posts and articles from the Royal Society.
Virginia Mills
In history of science
6 min read
In the vaults of the Royal Society Library, Virginia Mills digs up some past research into the…
Hirra Ateeq
In history of science
5 min read
Hirra Ateeq discovers offended Fellows and long-running squabbles as she catalogues the Royal…
Jon Bushell
In history of science
5 min read
On the day of a total solar eclipse visible across North America, Jon Bushell looks at accounts of…
Keith Moore
In history of science
5 min read
Keith Moore looks at the fascinating life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, writer, traveller and…
Louisiane Ferlier
In history of science
6 min read
While putting together a new Google Arts & Culture exhibition dedicated to India, Louisiane…
Caroline Curtis
In history of science
6 min read
Bladder and kidney stones, and their causes and cure, were subjects of great interest to early…
Rupert Baker
In history of science
5 min read
To mark International Women’s Day, we tell the story of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle,…
Katherine Marshall
In history of science
5 min read
Katherine Marshall marvels at James Bateman's 'The Orchidaceae of Mexico & Guatemala', an elephant…
Jon Bushell
In history of science
5 min read
Jon Bushell tells the story of a hoopoe illustration by Henry Hunt, part of the Royal Society…
Ainsley Vinall
In history of science
7 min read
Why was the poet Alfred Tennyson elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society in 1865? Ainsley…
Professor Charles Bangham FMedSci FRS
In news and views
7 min read
Charles Bangham, Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London, examines just what we now…
Professor Julia Gog
In news and views
4 min read
A Royal Society awardee has used grant to make STEM resources for the classroom
Kimberly Montgomery
In news and views
3 min read
Over the next year, the Royal Society and AAAS will be consulting widely ahead of a planned update…
David Montagu
In news and views
3 min read
Professor Eric Wolff FRS
In news and views
4 min read
Eric Wolff FRS, Chair of the Royal Society’s Climate Change Working Party, questions if the…
Sir Adrian Smith PRS
In news and views
4 min read
After attending the UK’s AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, Sir Adrian Smith PRS reflect on the…
Dr Mark Richards
In news and views
3 min read
To honour Black History Month the Royal Society met with Dr Mark Richards to hear why he believes…
Peter Finegold
In news and views
4 min read
In this first blog of a new series, Peter Finegold sets out the Royal Society’s key ask of…
Professor Sandra Diaz ForMemRS
In news and views
4 min read
People did not expect much from the delayed Montreal Conference on Biodiversity (COP15), so the…
Professor Eric Wolff FRS
In news and views
4 min read
Professor Eric Wolff FRS discusses the ambitions of COP27, finding that climate pledges and…
Dr Ettore Camerlenghi
In publishing
3 min read
Proceedings B article explores the seasonal changes in cooperative behaviour in superb…
Callum Shoosmith
In publishing
4 min read
Introducing Volume 76 of Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
Shalene Singh-Shepherd
In publishing
3 min read
Behavioural ecologist Danai Papageorgiou has recently joined the journal’s editorial board.
Shalene Singh-Shepherd
In publishing
2 min read
Proceedings of the Royal Society B has launched a new partnership with DataSeer.ai to help ensure…
Shalene Singh-Shepherd
In publishing
2 min read
We welcome Associate Editor Zegni Triki to the Proceedings B editorial board.
Graham Anderson
In publishing
4 min read
Update from Royal Society Publishing on the transition to open access
Alice Power
In publishing
3 min read
Anita Kristiansen
In publishing
3 min read
New research published in Royal Society Open Science uses aerial image analysis to explore social…
Surayya Johar
In publishing
2 min read
An interview with the overall winner of the Biology Letters Best Paper Prize 2023 competition.
Anita Kristiansen
In publishing
6 min read
New research published in Royal Society Open Science explores female mate avoidance in an…