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Prize-winning macro photo takes us into the Martian-like world of plasmodial slime mold

Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2023 announces winners, showing exceptional scientific photography

Digital Camera World · Dec 14, 2023

Why are people still flying to climate conferences by private jet?

Rishi Sunak, David Cameron and King Charles are just three of the more than 70,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries at the latest UN climate summit in Dubai, COP28. But they are among hundreds who will have travelled there by private jet. In fact, the UK prime minister, foreign secretary…

The Conversation · Dec 1, 2023

‘They give us better options for preserving nature’: Ed Yong on revealing the hidden lives of animals

The Pulitzer-winning author, who has just won the Royal Society science book prize for An Immense World, reveals how radical empathy uncovers the forces that have driven evolution and teaches us new ways to engage

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023

Building telescopes on the Moon could transform astronomy – and it's becoming an achievable goal

Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organised by multiple space agencies – and increasingly by commercial companies – are set to visit the Moon by the end of this decade. Most of these will involve small robotic spacecraft, but NASA’s ambitious Artemis programme, aims to return humans…

The Conversation · Apr 18, 2023

Human genome editing offers tantalizing possibilities – but without clear guidelines, many ethical questions still remain

The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, a three-day conference organized by the Royal Society, the U.K. Academy of Medical Sciences, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences and Medicine and The World Academy of Sciences, was held this week in March 2023 at the Francis Crick Institute in London.…

The Conversation · Mar 8, 2023

UK scientists welcome government’s new technology plan but say more funding needed

Intervention is ‘yet another sticking plaster’ says Royal Society president, as EU funding programmes highlighted

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2023

Scientists pour cold water on UK aviation’s net zero ambitions

Country would need to devote half its farmland or more than double its renewable electricity supply, says study

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

From Piltdown Man to anti-vaxxers ... What science’s worst hoaxes can teach us

Covid disinformation prompts Royal Society to consider ways of countering forgeries and falsehoods

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2023

Joshua Reynolds’ ‘Portrait of Omai’ is a national treasure. Why is Britain struggling to keep it?

The fight to save the iconic work reflects a painful truth about the UK’s financial state

Financial Times · Feb 23, 2023

Selfie-takers ‘wanted validation from being at Nicola Bulley disappearance site’

Others might have been people wanting to make money from clicks online, a parliamentary committee heard.

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023