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Katharine Marshall looks at the work of physician Hubert Airy on migraine auras, or scintillating scotomas.

Ainsley Vinall discovers how the architect William Benson aimed to bring scientific ideas on light and colour to a more artistic audience.

91TV’s Herschel collection is growing! Keith Moore describes how a new acquisition provides insights into the wider Herschel family and their scientific endeavours.

Rose Teanby looks at letters in the Royal Society archives highlighting Sir John Herschel’s influence on Anna Atkins, Julia Margaret Cameron and Mary Somerville.

Louisiane Ferlier launches the letters of Sir John Herschel on the Royal Society's Science in the Making platform.

Sir John Herschel’s careful management of his correspondence, and his central position in nineteenth-century science, make the Royal Society’s Herschel letters an invaluable archival resource, as Eloise Barber discovers during a major new digitisation project. 

Keith Moore looks to the skies for comets past and present.

Virginia Mills ventures out to Dulwich Picture Gallery to see their exhibition on the story of plant photography.

Virginia Mills is entertained by the witty letters and cartoons - including a depiction of the Astronomer Royal standing on his head - sent by mathematician Augustus De Morgan to his friend John Herschel.

Sandra Santos celebrates the life and work of pioneering photographer Anna Atkins, born 222 years ago today.

A look at the Antarctic observations of physicist Louis Bernacchi, the most experienced scientist on Captain Scott’s Discovery expedition to Antarctica in 1901.

Read more about work of Italian astronomer and mathematician Annibale de Gasparis.