Astronomy in Royal Society Open Science

23 August 2018 by Thadcha Retneswaran and Rob Ivison

This summer, the night sky has put on an impressive display of astronomical phenomena. Noted events include the blood moon,…

The evolution of city life

22 August 2018 by Marc T. J. Johnson, L. Ruth Rivkin and James S. Santangelo

In the latest Proceedings B Special Feature entitled ‘The evolution of city life‘, the effect of urbanization on natural ecosystems…

Temperature drives Zika virus transmission

15 August 2018 by Courtney Murdock

Temperature is a strong driver of vector-borne disease transmission. However, for emerging arboviruses, knowledge on the relationship between transmission and…

Palaeontological treasure found in neglected museum cabinet

6 August 2018 by Elena Falco

Mislabelled as a dinosaur bone, a rare femur of Paleoparadoxia rested in a drawer for 60 years, until it was…

Lessons in reproducibility of academic pre-clinical translational research

1 August 2018 by Buchi Okereafor

The remarkable promises of new cancer drugs often lead to false claims. An Open Biology review looks at the details…