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Early Fellows of the Royal Society had many questions about the geology, topography and meteorology of Iceland, as Ainsley Vinall discovers.

Ainsley Vinall tells the story of the astronomer Alexander Aubert FRS, the subject of an oil painting recently purchased by the Royal Society.

Virginia Mills looks at the history of Fellowship elections to the Royal Society, including some recent procedural changes.

Jon Bushell tells the stories of some of the longer and shorter Presidential terms at the Royal Society - and one famous scientist who refused the job altogether.

Rupert Baker tells the story of the Royal Society's move in 1710 to a house in Crane Court, just off Fleet Street in the City of London.

Keith Moore discovers examples of the overlooked, the ephemeral and the downright weird in the files of the Royal Society.

Daniel Belteki reports on a decorative, but otherwise unsuccessful, interlude in the printing of a Royal Society journal.

The craze for ballooning took off in 1783, but some Fellows of the Royal Society kept their distance, as Vannis Jones Rahi discovers.

The latest Special Issue of Notes and Records examines the naturalist, botanist and explorer, Joseph Banks and is guest edited by Simon Werrett, Professor of the History of Science at UCL.

Why was Royal Society President Sir Joseph Banks on the receiving end of stinging criticism in 1802, and who was 'Misogallus'? Rupert Baker investigates.

The records of the Royal Society throw up surprisingly frequent instances of scientists subjecting themselves to the tortures of the damned in pursuit of new knowledge, as well as the occasional laboratory accident.