Blog posts and articles from the Royal Society
Ellen Embleton considers how the Royal Society Picture Library can highlight the contributions of enslaved and indigenous peoples to fields such as…
By Ellen Embleton
27 October 2020
5 min read
Jon Bushell looks at the Nobel Prize certificates in the archives of the Royal Society.
By Jon Bushell
24 November 2020
5 min read
Ahead of the Royal Society Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture on 26 November, Rupert Baker looks at the history of the WBM Medal and Lecture and its…
By Rupert Baker
17 November 2020
2 min read
Professor James M Smoliga published a very popular paper in Biology Letters which investigated how many hot dogs it's possible to eat in 10 minutes.…
By Professor James M Smoliga
13 November 2020
8 min read
Virginia Mills finds out about the life and work of palaeontologist Dorothea Bate, and the perseverance required to unearth the fossil remains of…
By Virginia Mills
12 November 2020
7 min read
Butterflies from the subtropical genus Heliconius are an excellent model for investigating the role of behavioural innovation in evolution. They…
By Fletcher Young
11 November 2020
3 min read
Leigh N. Fletcher introduces a theme issue of Philosophical Transactions A that summarises the international effort to launch ambitious new missions…
By Dr. Leigh N. Fletcher
09 November 2020
5 min read
Louisiane Ferlier has co-edited a new volume on the history of books: 'Forms, Formats and the Circulation of Knowledge: British Printscape’s…
By Louisiane Ferlier
03 November 2020
4 min read
Royal Society Open Science has published the first epidemiological study on anxiety and post-traumatic symptomatology in nursing and care home workers…
By Elena Rusconi
29 October 2020
3 min read