Mocking your elders

4 May 2016 by Noah Moxham

Recently I found myself trawling through the minute-books of the Royal Society’s Committee of Papers. This was the body responsible…

Opening envelopes

22 April 2016 by Keith Moore

High over a tranquil English landscape, a life-or-death struggle is taking place. A balloon is locked into a stratospheric rise,…

Cito, longe, tarde: fly quickly, go far, return slowly

9 March 2015 by Kat Harrington

Whilst browsing the Royal Society’s latest events I read with interest of tonight’s discussion on the 2014 Ebola outbreak. I…

Making the first scientific journal

2 December 2014 by Julie McDougall-Waters

Today the Royal Society opens an exhibition to celebrate the earliest and longest-running scientific journal in the world. Entitled ‘The…

Angela Burdett-Coutts: celebrating a patron of science

10 April 2014 by Julie McDougall-Waters

Science has always benefitted from the generosity of wealthy individuals; we can see evidence of this today in the prestigious…