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Blog posts and articles from the Royal Society.
Blog posts and articles from the Royal Society.
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…
Vida Milovanovic
In history of science
6 min read
Vida Milovanovic looks at how the Royal Society set up a committee in 1883 ‘to collect the various…
Virginia Mills
In history of science
4 min read
The Lisa Jardine Grant Scheme, allowing early career scholars to explore history of science…
Hirra Ateeq
In history of science
4 min read
Hirra Ateeq tells the story of Eleazar Albin, a naturalist and watercolour teacher whose popular…
Louisiane Ferlier
In history of science
4 min read
Louisiane Ferlier reports on how researchers have been using the Royal Society's Science in the…
Sharmin Chowdhury
In history of science
3 min read
Sharmin Chowdhury explains how her Royal Society Lisa Jardine Grant has aided her research into…
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…
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…
Surayya Johar
In publishing
3 min read
In our second post, we hear from another of last year’s finalists about their research.
Surayya Johar
In publishing
4 min read
In this first post, we hear from one of last year’s finalists about their research.
Rachel Gladman
In publishing
4 min read
At the heart of our mission as a non-profit society publisher, we uphold the values of…
Dr Amanda Pettersen
In publishing
3 min read
The latest issue of Philosophical Transactions B delves into the evolutionary significance of…