Shalene Singh-Shepherd
Publishing
6 mins
The other 1%: Showcasing underrepresented voices in biological science
In this blog, guest editors Sarah Brosnan, Stephanie Meirmans, Maurine Neiman, Guadalupe Peralta and Shalene Singh-Shepherd discuss the inspiration behind The other 1% Special Feature in Proceedings B, the importance of showcasing research from underrepresented regions, and what they learned from bringing this unique collection together.
Jon Bushell
History of science
7 mins
Icy relations
Royal Society manuscripts and photographs from the 1901-1904 British National Antarctic Expedition have now been made available on our Science in the Making platform, as Jon Bushell reports.
Louisiane Ferlier
History of science
7 mins
Charting the weather
Louisiane Ferlier unveils the Royal Society's full collection of meteorological observations, now available on our Science in the Making platform.
Ciara Doyle
Publishing
5 mins
Fine-scale spatiotemporal predator-prey interactions in an Antarctic fur seal colony
Royal Society Open Science recently published an article on ‘Fine-scale spatiotemporal predator–prey interactions in an Antarctic fur seal colony’. In this blog post, authors Ane Liv Berthelsen and Johannes Bartl tell us how the idea for this paper came about, as well as more about their findings and what makes them significant for the wider scientific community.
Louise Ryland-Epton
History of science
5 mins
Wiltshire and the world
To mark the 400th anniversary of his birth, guest blogger Louise Ryland-Epton explores the radical ideas contained in John Aubrey's long-unpublished 'Natural History of Wiltshire'.
Professor Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS
News and views
3 mins
Technicians and the fellowship
Dr Nicola Quick
News and views
4 mins
Biodiversity matters: teaching young students to love nature using immersive science and data collection
Hands-on STEM learning provides significant value to children as they navigate the connections between abstract concepts learnt in lessons to real-world applications and experiences.
Vida Milovanovic
History of science
4 mins
Letters locked
Vida Milovanovic investigates historical methods of keeping correspondence safe from prying eyes.
Helen Eaton
Publishing
5 mins
The evolution of collective intelligence: Q&A with theme issue Guest Editors
Philosophical Transactions B recently published a theme issue on ‘The evolution of collective intelligence’. In this blog, Guest Editors of the issue, Cathal O’Madagain, Sarah Alami, Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Edmond Seabright, José Segovia Martin, James Winters and Andrew Whiten tell us how this issue came about, and about some of the important research highlighted in this issue.
Katherine Marshall
History of science
3 mins
A rediscovered print
A new printing technique was showcased at Burlington House during the Royal Society's 1896 exhibition, as Katherine Marshall reports.
Virginia Mills
History of science
6 mins
Underground humour
The 'Mining Chronicle' cartoons of Henry De la Beche FRS are a valuable resource in understanding nineteenth-century geology, as Virginia Mills explains.
Helen Eaton
Publishing
3 mins
Cyborg Futures
Interface Focus recently published a theme issue on ‘Cyborg Futures’. In this blog post, Guest Editor Professor Jonathan Rossiter (University of Bristol) tells us more about the theme issue.