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Keith Moore looks at examples of how authors have used science to inspire their stories, co-opting real-life scientists into their work.

Keith Moore untangles the threads linking writers Alfred Jarry and Geoffrey Household with Royal Society Fellows C.V. Boys and J.G. Frazer.

Elizabeth Marincola is the CEO of Public Library of Science (PLOS).

Keith Moore highlights the work of entomologist Eleanor Ormerod and conchologist Vera Fretter, including some intriguing literary connections.

To celebrate World Book Day, this post takes a look at Captain Marryat FRS, his works, and his devilish canine creation.

Keith Moore speculates on why H.G. Wells never became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Was the great science fiction writer and populariser of science the victim of an injustice?